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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash and drain the lentils, place them in a pan with water to cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until they are very tender, adding salt and pepper, to taste, towards the end of the cooking time. | 2. Wash the spinach thoroughly, remove the stems, chop the leaves coarsely, and add them to the lentils. | 3. Sauté the onions and garlic in oil until soft, add the flour and stir well. | 4. Add a cup of water and stir until this sauce thickens; then pour the sauce into the soup. | 5. Add the lemon juice and more water, if necessary, and simmer until the soup is thick. | 6. Serve very hot. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
green lentil	375		soaked	-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
spinach	1			33.0	5.85	3.3	0.45
onion	2		cut sliced	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
oil	4	tablespoons		448.51199999999994	0.0	0.1434	50.9338
garlic clove	6		sliced	-	-	-	-
plain flour	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
lemon	1 1/2			1.9212	0.6174	0.0729	0.0199

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