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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large soup pot, place lentils with the cinnamon stick in 7 cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook until tender, about 30 minutes. Remove and discard the cinnamon stick and drain the lentils, reserving the liquid. | 2. Meanwhile, heat oil in a soup pot. Add the onion, garlic, salt, turmeric, cumin seeds, ground cumin, and bay leaves. Saute over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes or until the onions are soft. If the pot gets a bit dry moisten with some of the reserved lentil water. | 3. Measure out the reserved lentil water and add water to reach 6 cups of liquid and return to soup pot with the spiced cooked onions. Add the canned crushed tomatoes with juice and bring to a boil. Lower heat to a simmer, partially cover and cook for another 15 minutes or so. | 4. Stir in the chickpeas and lentils and cook for about 5 minutes to warm through. The legumes should not become mushy. | 5. Season to taste with the two peppers and lemon juice; adjust salt. | 6. Serve hot with some yogurt [omit for Vegan], a sprinkling of parsley or mint, and currants, if desired. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lentil	1	cup	sorted rinsed	81.62	17.0478	6.8992	0.4235
cinnamon	1			-	-	-	-
water	7	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
onion	3	cups	minced	192.0	44.832	5.28	0.48
garlic	2	tablespoons	minced	25.33	5.6202	1.0812	0.085
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
turmeric	1	teaspoon		9.36	2.0142	0.2904	0.0975
cumin seed	1 1/2	1/2		11.8125	1.3936	0.561	0.7015
cumin	2	teaspoons	ground	11.8125	1.3936	0.561	0.7015
bay leaf	3			-	-	-	-
tomato	1	can	crushed	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
chickpea	2	cups	cooked drained rinsed canned	1512.0	251.8	81.88	24.16
black pepper				-	-	-	-
cayenne pepper				-	-	-	-
currant				-	-	-	-
plain yogurt				-	-	-	-
parsley			chopped	-	-	-	-
mint			chopped	-	-	-	-

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