🇩🇿 Algeria cuisine · #4

Chorba Frik

Chorba Frik
Time75 min
Serves6
Ingredients11

Algeria's first Ramadan soup: frik, lamb, tomato and mint, served with bourek.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Brown the lamb and onion with spices and paste.
  2. Add 2 litres water and chickpeas; simmer 40 minutes.
  3. Add frik and coriander; cook 25 minutes.
  4. Stir in dried mint and serve with lemon.
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