🇹🇳 Tunisia cuisine · #10

Chorba Frik

Chorba Frik
Time75 min
Serves6
Ingredients12

A soup of cracked green wheat (frik) with lamb, tomato, celery and mint, present at every Ramadan iftar.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Fry the lamb and onion in oil with paste and harissa.
  2. Add 2 litres of water and the chickpeas; simmer 30 minutes.
  3. Add the frik and celery and cook 30 minutes, stirring.
  4. Stir in parsley and mint and serve with lemon.
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