<\/i>Print This<\/a>\n <\/div>\n In Lebanon, it\u2019s called Adas Bil Hamoud, meaning lentils with lemon. It\u2019s a nourishing vegetarian soup that can serve as a complete meal on its own. If you\u2019re serving it as a starter or an appetizer, use small bowls.<\/p>\n
By: Chantal<\/span><\/p>\n \n
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Ingredients<\/h5>\n \n - 1 glass of green or blonde lentils, rinsed<\/li>\n
- 100 g of Swiss chard leaves<\/li>\n
- 5 to 6 glasses of water<\/li>\n
- A drizzle of olive oil<\/li>\n
- Leaves from a small bunch of fresh coriander, chopped<\/li>\n
- 1 medium onion<\/li>\n
- 3 to 4 cloves of garlic, crushed<\/li>\n
- Salt, freshly ground pepper<\/li>\n
- Ground cumin<\/li>\n
- 1 lemon<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div><\/div>\n
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Directions<\/h5>\n \n - \n Step 1<\/span>\n Thoroughly wash the Swiss chard leaves (keep the stems for a vegetable soup, for example), then roughly chop them into cubes or strips about 2 cm wide. Peel the onion, chop it in a food processor, and saut\u00e9 it for a few minutes in a saucepan with a drizzle of olive oil. Add the lentils, chopped Swiss chard leaves, and water, and let simmer for 45 minutes with a pinch or two of cumin. At the end of cooking, add the chopped coriander and crushed garlic, then season with salt and pepper, adjusting the seasoning as needed.<\/span>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Step 2<\/span>\n Serve piping hot, just after adding the lemon juice.<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I fell in love with Lebanese cuisine over 15 years ago in Brussels. It\u2019s delicious, endlessly varied, fragrant, colorful, and festive. This vegetarian soup is a delight\u2014I tasted it at my friend Roua\u2019s, who kindly shared the recipe with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[313,564,571,341,511,569,332,333,601,609,312,346,339,293],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-vegetarian","category-healthy-recipes","category-large-quantity-recipes","category-main-courses","category-new-recipes","category-recipes-for-two","category-salty-recipes","category-starters","category-student-recipes","category-traditional-dishes-from-around-the-world","category-vegan-recipes","category-vegetables","category-warm-soups-broths-and-veloutes","category-world-cuisine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesmenusplaisir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesmenusplaisir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesmenusplaisir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesmenusplaisir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesmenusplaisir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lesmenusplaisir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9737,"href":"https:\/\/lesmenusplaisir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736\/revisions\/9737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesmenusplaisir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesmenusplaisir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesmenusplaisir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesmenusplaisir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}