YESİL MERCİMEKLİ BÖREK

BOREK WITH GREEN LENTIL

Ingredients:

• 4 Turkish pastry sheets

Filling:

• 1 large size of onion(chopped)
• 1+1/2 cups of cooked green lentils
  
• 1 tbsp of tomato paste
• 1 tsp of red pepper paste
• 3 tbsp of olive oil
  
• 1/2 tsp of black pepper
• salt

Sauce:

• 1 egg+1 egg white
• 1/2 cup of milk
  
• 1/2 cup of vegetable oil

Glaze:

• 1 egg yolk
• sesame seeds and nigella seeds
  

For the filling; take olive oil and chopped onion in a large skillet and saute it over medium heat. Add tomato paste and red pepper paste to the skillet and stir.Turn the heat down to low. Cook it for 5 minutes. Add cooked lentils, black pepper, and salt to the skillet and stir it.Turn the heat off and let it cool.
For the sauce; take eggs, milk and vegetable oil in large mixing bowl and whisk.
Brush bottom and sides of a 13 by 17-inch baking tray with vegetable oil. Layer the first sheet, spoon 1/3 of the sauce over entire surface. Layer the second sheet and spoon 1/3 of sauce over and spread the filling all over covering the whole surface. Layer the third sheet on top of the filling and spoon the remaining sauce all over and layer the last sheet.
Whisk egg yolk for the glaze and brush the last sheet with egg yolk. Sprinkle some sesame and nigella seeds.
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Bake for about 45 minutes or until nicely brown.
When it completely cools down, cut the borek into squares.