Adas Bhamadd (sour lentil/spinach)

This dish in America will probably will be in the soup category but in Lebanon it is consider to be a main meal,the base of it is lentil, spinach or Swiss chard and lemon juice it is delicious, healthy and filling in the same time, I promise you are going to love this dish .

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Prep time 45  cook time 1 hour  Level easy

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of lentil
  • 1 lb frozen chopped spinach
  • 2 cups chopped cilantro
  • 5 garlic cloves (minced)
  • 1 large onion (diced)
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 3 lemon (about 3/4 cup of fresh lemon juice)
  • 1 and 1/2 up of flour
  • 1/3 cup burgle (crushed wheat)
  • 1/3 cup of water
  • salt as desire

Direction

  1. In a large pot pour about 3 liters of water and bring to boil, meanwhile clean the lentil from any little rocks rinse then add to the water .
  2. After boiling the lentil for 20 minutes add the chopped spinach
  3. In a frying pan use the olive oil to fry the onion, garlic, and cilantro about 10 to 15 min then add it to the pot of lentil and spinach.
  4. Rinse the burgle and drain well. Mix it with the flour, little of salt and the 1/3 cup of water, kneed it until it  forms into a dough. Let it sit for about 15 min, in the meantime squeeze the lemons and add it to the soup .
  5. Now take the dough and create small balls about 1/2 inch and add them to the soup.
  6. Reduce the temperature to medium high and let cook for about 30 minutes. You know the soup is ready when you try one of the burgle balls and the wheat is not crunchy. It should be solid and slightly chewy.

Yield 5 to 6 serving

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