Hi everyone. This is a soup I posted previously in Arabic, but due to popular request, I have translated as below. And also feel free to tell me if you have any favorite recipes or allergy related recipes you would be interested for me to post..I would love to hear from you..:)
It is winter and the cold weather has arrived. Winter is the season when Swiss chard (an iron rich leafy vegetable) is abundant in Lebanon, and today I prepared a delicious soup which consists of lentils and lemon which is quite suitable for this cold season.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups green lentils
- 2 liters of water
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3 medium sized potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 kg Silik (Swiss chard)
- 1 tablespoon dried mint
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- Juice of 2 lemons
- salt & pepper
Preparation
- Wash then boil the lentils in a pot with the water
- Wash the Swiss chard, and cut off the leaves, then chop them into thin strips. Keep the stems aside for another recipe
- After 20mins of cooking the lentils add the potatoes
- When the water starts to boil, lower the fire and leave to simmer
- After another 20mins add the chopped leaves to the pot and cook for about 7 more mins
- Peel the garlic and crush with salt and mint
- Fry in a saucepan with the sunflower oil til it goes golden, then add them to the pot
- At the end add the lemon juice and put off the fire
ET VOILA.. C’EST TOUT! BON APETIT 🙂
Tabkhet el yom 
This looks really tasty and I’m wondering if I could substitute young collards for the chard as I have some that need using in my garden…may give it a try. Thanks for the recipe!
Welcome! Please if you try it with young collards let me know how it turns,
I am making this tomorrow……cold weather or not!
Great… I am happy to know that.. Eat well:)
this is great soup..we make ours a bit differently with fresh cilanto instead of mint, but will try the mint
Thank you..:) Maybe I will try it with cilantro too.