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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Northern Africa >> Libyan

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Saute the onion with meat in oil. | 2. Add parsley and saute until meat is brown. | 3. Add chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, spices, and stir while sizzling. | 4. Add enough water to cover meat, simmer on medium heat until meat is cooked. | 5. Add more water if needed, and bring to a boil. | 6. Add orzo, simmer until cooked. | 7. Before serving, sprinkle crushed dried mint leaves, and squeeze fresh lemon juice to taste. | 8. Variations:. | 9. More parsley can be added at the end when orzo is almost cooked to give fresher parsley flavor. | 10. Spices may be added to the meat while sauteing so it will absorb the salt and spices. Then add tomato and simmer longer for the tomato to be cooked in the oil. | 11. Sustitute chicken or beef for lamb. | 12. Add uncooked soaked chick peas with the meat. | 13. Add cilantro with the parsley. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lamb	1/2		cut	605.556	0.0	38.2838	48.9661
ghee	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
onion	1			60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
tomato paste	1	tablespoon		13.12	3.0256	0.6912	0.0752
tomato	2 -3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lemon	1			1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
orzo pasta	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
red pepper				-	-	-	-
cinnamon				-	-	-	-
mint			crushed dried	-	-	-	-
parsley				-	-	-	-

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