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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Lebanese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash the lentils and place in a large sauce pan with the 6 cups water. | 2. Bring lentils to a boil, skimming when necessary, cover and simmer gently for approximately 1 hour or until the lentils are soft (do not under-cook) . | 3. In a separate pan heat the olive oil, add onions and cook until transparent, stir in the garlic and cook for a minute more. Add shredded swiss chard and stir fry until the leaves are wilted. | 4. Pour onions into the pot with the lentils, add cilantro, season with salt and pepper, add lemon juice and simmer for a further 15-20 minutes. Serve in soup bowls garnished with a wedge of lemon. Serve with some type of flatbread. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
brown lentil	1 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
cold water	6	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
olive oil	1/4	cup		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
swiss chard	8 -10		washed cut shredded	-	-	-	-
onion	1		chopped	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
garlic clove	4		crushed	-	-	-	-
cilantro	1/4	cup	chopped	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1/4	cup		13.42	4.209	0.2135	0.1464
lemon wedge				-	-	-	-

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