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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. Mix the kofta ingredients and set aside. | 2. Put stock in a pot (non-stick Teflon) and after heated add; peas (lentils), celery, onion, tomato paste and let simmer for about 30+ minutes, with the cover on. | 3. Stirring occasionally. | 4. When the lentils are three quarters done, reserve about 1/2 cup for later use. | 5. Remove pot from stove and puree the soup, then back on the stove. | 6. After the soup is reduced somewhat, add; Semneh Seasonings and puree again. | 7. Let soup simmer for about 15 minutes, stir often (and make sure nothing sticks to the bottom of the pot). | 8. When you have a real thick soup add the 1/2 cup reserved lentils and cook for one minutes more. | 9. The soup should be thick which will allow the koftas, zucchini and red peppers to float on top when added. | 10. While the soup is cooking, make the koftas. | 11. Form about 12-16 small flat kofta patties and fry with a little oil (or grilled). | 12. Make sure that the ground poultry is thoroughly cooked, flatten them with a spatula. | 13. Put the zucchini and chopped red pepper into a big bowl, add the butter and then into the microwave for about 1 minutes. | 14. Do not over cook! | 15. Add the thick lentil soup to each bowl. | 16. Make a nice looking design around the bowl by placing 2- koftas, 3 slices of zucchini and garnish with red peppers. | 17. Enjoy, with pita bread and accompanied with hot chili sauce, yogurt sauce, mint sauce, sour cream, sour pickles/vegetables, lemon wedges on the side. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chicken stock	6	cups	heated	518.4	50.832	36.288000000000004	17.28
lentil	1 1/4	1/4		102.025	21.3097	8.624	0.5294
celery rib	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
onion	1		chopped	28.0	6.537999999999999	0.77	0.07
tomato paste	1 1/2	1/2		19.68	4.5384	1.0368	0.1128
green zucchini	1		cut	-	-	-	-
red pepper	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
butter	1 -2	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
garlic clove	2 -3		chopped	-	-	-	-
lemon	1/2			0.6404	0.2058	0.0243	0.0066
lemon zest	1 -2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
ginger	1/2		chopped	0.8	0.1777	0.0182	0.0075
turkey	1	lb	ground ground	648.2681	0.5893	98.1016	25.5681
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
coriander	1	teaspoon	ground	5.364	0.9898	0.2227	0.3199
black pepper	1	teaspoon		5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
onion	1		chopped	28.0	6.537999999999999	0.77	0.07
parsley	3	tablespoons		4.104	0.7216	0.3386	0.0901
oil				-	-	-	-

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