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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Northern Africa >> Libyan

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oil in a four-quart casserole or saucepan. Add onion and lamb or chicken and cook, stirring frequently, until just beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, paprika, cayenne or harissa, saffron and salt and pepper. Stir, then add 8 cups water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes. | 2. Add orzo and chickpeas and cook 15 minutes, until orzo is tender. Add cilantro and parsley. Taste and adjust salt and cayenne or harissa. Add dried mint. Cook for 5 minutes, then serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
extra virgin olive oil	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
onion	1 1/2	cups	chopped	96.0	22.416	2.64	0.24
lamb shoulder	1/2	lb	boneless chopped	598.752	0.0	37.6034	48.6486
tomato	4		ripe diced	113.16	25.092	5.904	0.9840000000000001
tomato paste	0.5	can		69.7	16.0735	3.6719999999999997	0.3995
paprika	2	teaspoons	sweet	12.972000000000001	2.4835	0.6504	0.5929
cayenne pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.862	0.5097	0.1081	0.1554
saffron thread	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
salt black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
pearl barley	1/2	cup		352.0	77.72	9.91	1.16
chickpea	1	cup	cooked drained canned	756.0	125.9	40.94	12.08
cilantro leaf	1	tablespoon	chopped	0.23	0.0367	0.0213	0.0052
flat leaf parsley	1	tablespoon	chopped	-	-	-	-
mint	1/2	tablespoon	dried	-	-	-	-

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