Lentils and Dumplings Soup

Prep Time: Ten minutes

Cook time: Forty Five minutes

Serves: Eight persons

Description
This delicious and healthy lentil soup was brought to Trinidad by the Syrian/Lebanese Community.

Ingredients

 * 2 cups lentils
 * 2 large onions
 * 2 ounces butter
 * 10 cups water
 * 3 teaspoons salt
 * 1 teaspoon black pepper

Dumplings

 * 1 cup flour
 * ¼ teaspoon salt
 * 2 ounces water
 * 2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

 * 1) Boil two cups lentils in ten cups water for forty minutes or until soft. Add three teaspoons salt and one teaspoon black pepper to water.
 * 2) While lentils are boiling, peel and dice two large onions and fry/sauté with two ounces butter in a large saucepan until golden brown, then add to boiling lentils.
 * 3) Knead one cup flour, two ounces water and two tablespoons of olive oil.
 * 4) Pinch off and roll into quarter inch dumplings and throw into boiling soup.
 * 5) Boil for ten more minutes and voila.