Saturday, October 31, 2009

Rice soup


Ingredients:

1. Rice 1 cup
2. Black eye pea ½ cup
3. Lentil ½ cup
4. Parsley 1 bunch (clean, wash and chop)
5. Cilantro 1 bunch (clean, wash and chop)
6. Beef broth 4 cups
7. Ground meat 8 oz (optional)
8. Turmeric 1 tsp
9. Salt to taste
10. Carrot (cut into small cubes) 1 cup (it is optional and you can add carrot half an hour before greens)

Directions:
Wash rice, black eye pea and lentil.
Add broth to them bring to boil on high heat then turn heat to medium-low.
Let them cook for a couple of hours.
Check time to time if it needs ad more broth or water.
At the end they should be fully cooked and rice grains should be almost broken and soft.
Combine ground meat with a small shredded onion and 1 tsp of salt and make some meat balls in smaller sizes and add to the boiling soup they will be cooked quickly (about 10 minutes).
In this point you add parsley and cilantro let cook only for 10 minutes.

It is a very good meal if you have a cold.
Enjoy!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the new idea. I can almost feel the taste of the soup in my mouth!