Soup

This soup is great in the winter. It is very nourishing and can be served as a full meal. You need: 1 kg potatoes ca. 8 slices of smoked turkey ham (eshta rumi) 2 onions 1 – 2 cloves garlic Salt Pepper Thyme and/or Oregano 1 tb mustard Hot chili pepper (shatta) Paprika powder (filfil ruumi) 2 – 4 Maggi cubes Olive oil Milk or cream (cream = nicer taste, milk = less calories - the decision is yours….) 1 packet Chicken or Turkey Frankfurters Peel and wash the potatoes and cut them in cubes. Cut the onions to pieces [...]

Ingredients: 1 kg Carrots 2 Potatoes,large size 1 Onion,large size 1 tbsp Parsley,chopped 1 tbsp Butter 2 Chicken Stock Cubes,disolve in 4 cups water Salt and Pepper Wash and peal carrots and potatoes, and cut into small pieces. In a medium deep pan, melt butter. Fry onions, carrots, potatoes over low heat for 15 minutes stirring constantly. Add chicken stock, salt and pepper. Bring to boil and leave until vegetables are very tender. Pour components of pan into a blender and blend until smooth. Return mixture to pan and reheat over low heat for 15 minutes. Add hot water if [...]

(Lisan Asfour (bird tongues), is the Arabic name for the little noodles/pasta, which look a bit like rice) Prepare a nice hearty soup, from meat or chicken, spiced with onions, cardamom, laurel and muscat nut. If the meat/chicken was fat, put the soup for some while in the fridge, than you can remove the fat easily. Fry the lisan asfour noodles in some butter or samna (butter oil), until light brown (careful, they burn easy). Add to the boiling soup and let cook for 10 minutes. Before serving sprinkle with chopped parsley.