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Chorba

Name: Chorba
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Algeria
Ingredients: 400 g lamb or chicken; 3 or 1 tin tomato or tinned tomato / passata; 200 g cooked chickpeas; 1 onion; 80 g vermicelli or orzo; 1 bunch coriander; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp paprika; 1 tbsp tomato paste

⏱ 70 minMedium🇩🇿 Algeria6 servings

Ingredients

lamb or chicken400 g
tomato or tinned tomato / passata3 or 1 tin
chickpeas200 g cooked
onion1

Optional

vermicelli or orzo80 g
coriander1 bunch
cinnamon1/2 tsp
paprika1 tsp
tomato paste1 tbsp

Assumed: salt, pepper, oil, water.

Method

Brown small pieces of meat with onion and spices.
Add tomato, tomato paste and 2 litres of water, simmer 45 min.
Add chickpeas and vermicelli for 10 min.
Finish with lots of coriander.

Tip: Coriander goes in at the end — it's the soup's identity.

Nutrition per serving (estimate)

310kcal

11 gprotein

24 gfat

13 gcarbs

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