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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Rinse the lentils, place in a large pan and cover with water, soak for 2 hours, drain. | 2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. | 3. Add the lamb cubes, season with salt and pepper and brown them. | 4. Add one-half of the broth, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until the lamb is tender but still slightly underdone. | 5. Stir in the lentils and remaining broth and simmer 15 minutes. | 6. Meanwhile, saute the onion, carrot and garlic in the butter until soft. | 7. Sprinkle onion mixture with the cumin and cinnamon. | 8. Add the onion mixture and orzo to the pot. | 9. Cover and keeping lid ajar, simmer 10 minutes or until the lamb and lentils are cooked and the pasta is al dente. | 10. Taste for seasoning. | 11. This is a hearty soup. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
lamb	1		cut lean	1211.112	0.0	76.5677	97.9322
salt				-	-	-	-
pepper				-	-	-	-
chicken broth	8	cups		624.96	15.12	89.1072	20.9664
lentil	1	cup		81.62	17.0478	6.8992	0.4235
onion	1		minced	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
carrot	1		scraped chopped	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
cumin	1/4	teaspoon		1.9688	0.2323	0.0935	0.1169
cinnamon	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
orzo pasta	1	cup		-	-	-	-

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