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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. PREPARE THE CHAMIRA: Mix the flour and vinegar together: Cover the bowl and let stand in a warm place in the kitchen overnight or longer to ferment. Add to the soup toward the end of the cooking process. | 2. PREPARE THE SOUP: Pout the oil, lamb and onion in a large pan and stir fry over low heat for 5 minutes to change the color. | 3. Add the tomatoes, coriander, parsley, celery, salt, pepper, ½ teaspoon caraway, cinnamon, chili powder, saffron and anise and mix well. Add the water and bring to a boil. Add the chick peas and lentils and cover the pan. Simmer over low heat for 1 ½ hours. | 4. Add the tomato paste, rice and chamira and stir frequently for 15 minutes so that the chamira does not stick to the pan. Add the balance of the caraway (1/2 teaspoon) and remove the soup from the heat. | 5. Serve warm with lemon wedges and squeeze as much juice into the soup as desired. | 6. Serves 8 as a first course. | 7. The Great Book of Couscous. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	4	tablespoons		144.57	31.6514	2.3502	0.5609
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
white vinegar	2	teaspoons		1.8	0.004	0.0	0.0
corn oil	4	tablespoons		489.6	0.0	0.0	54.4
leg lamb	2	lbs	boneless cut breast	2086.56	0.0	162.4795	154.859
onion	1		chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
tomato	2		ripe chopped	124.1379	27.5262	6.4768	1.0795
coriander	10	sprigs	chopped	5.1111	0.8156	0.4733	0.1156
flat leaf parsley	6	sprigs	chopped	-	-	-	-
celery rib	4		sliced	-	-	-	-
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
caraway seed	1	teaspoon	ground divided	6.992999999999999	1.0479	0.4152	0.3064
cinnamon	1/4	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
red chili powder	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
saffron	1/2	teaspoon		1.085	0.2288	0.04	0.0205
aniseed	1/2	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
water	7	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
garbanzo bean	1	cup	soaked drained dried	756.0	125.9	40.94	12.08
brown lentil	1/4	cup	soaked drained	-	-	-	-
tomato paste	2	tablespoons		26.24	6.0512	1.3824	0.1504
rice	1/4	cup	rinsed	169.7375	35.2656	3.4873	1.48
lemon wedge				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.