Ancient Egyptian Melokhia Soup Recipe

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Ingredients:

Serving

1 kg leg of lamb or 1 whole chicken
1 1/2 liters water
salt (as much as you like)
2 fine cut onions
2 garlic cloves
1 1/2 liters water
pepper ( a handful)
200 g wild spinach
2 garlic cloves (squeezed )
sunflower oil
1 tsp pepper
2 tsp ground coriander

Directions:

Put all the ingredients in a pan with a thick bottom for two hours and let it become broth.
Cut the little pieces of chicken and/or lamb and put them in the soup.
Cut the spinach or melokhia in little rips and put them also in the soup.
Put a little sunflower or olive oil in the baking pan.
Squeeze the strings garlic in the pan and bake them until they are gold-brown of color.
Then put the harissa and coriander in it.
Now put the spicy paste in the soup.
Always keep mixing.
Make sure the melokhia or spinach doesn't become overdone.
Serve it with Turkish bread.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	386.83 Kcal (1620 kJ)
Calories from fat	225.37 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	25.04g	39%
Cholesterol	126.67mg	42%
Sodium	95.31mg	4%
Potassium	521.58mg	11%
Total Carbs	5.64g	2%
Sugars	1.5g	6%
Dietary Fiber	1.56g	6%
Protein	31.57g	63%
Vitamin C	13.7mg	23%
Iron	4.5mg	25%
Calcium	62.6mg	6%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	161.69 Kcal (677 kJ)
Calories from fat	94.2 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	10.47g	39%
Cholesterol	52.94mg	42%
Sodium	39.84mg	4%
Potassium	218.01mg	11%
Total Carbs	2.36g	2%
Sugars	0.63g	6%
Dietary Fiber	0.65g	6%
Protein	13.19g	63%
Vitamin C	5.7mg	23%
Iron	1.9mg	25%
Calcium	26.2mg	6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

salty
savory
bitter
sweet

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