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Classic Egyptian Molokhia
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Classic Egyptian Molokhia

A thick, rich green soup from the Egyptian kitchen, made from molokhia leaves with garlic, lemon and cilantro

⏱ 40 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Fried onion

  1. 1
    Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveLarge pot
  2. 2
    Add the onion and fry for 8 minutes, stirring, until the onion turns golden.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  3. 3
    Add the garlic and fry 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.

To assemble

  1. 4
    Add the stock and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  2. 5
    Add the molokhia, cumin, turmeric, salt and black pepper and cook 10 minutes, until the leaves are tender and the soup is thick.
    Stove
  3. 6
    Add the lemon juice and cilantro and stir.
  4. 7
    Serve with white rice and pita bread.
191calories
8 gprotein
16 gcarbs
12 gfat
● protein 17%● carbs 32%● fat 51%

Per serving (437 g), of 4 servings

For the Fried onion · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Large pot · Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)

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