Mideast Minestrone Soup (Shurbat Al-Khudar)

"A delicious and hearty soup from Faye Levy's cookbook, "Feast From the Mideast: 250 Sun-Drenched Recipes from the Lands of the Bible". Makes 6 first-course or 3 or 4 main-course servings."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
16
Serves:
6
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ingredients

  • 14.79-29.58 ml olive oil or 14.79-29.58 ml vegetable oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 large leeks, split, cleaned and sliced or 1 additional onion
  • 118.29 ml chopped Italian parsley
  • 414.03 ml vegetable broth (or a 14 1/2-ounce can or a mixture of broth and water) or 414.03 ml chicken broth (or a 14 1/2-ounce can or a mixture of broth and water)
  • 1 large carrot, diced
  • 1 large boiling potato, peeled and diced (optional)
  • 4.92 ml ground cumin
  • 1.23 ml turmeric
  • 3-4 small middle eastern pale-green squash (about 1 pound) or 3-4 small zucchini, diced (about 1 pound)
  • 113.39-141.74 113.39-141.74 g half a 10-ounce bag leaves spinach or 113.39-141.74 g other greens, chopped (about 4 cups)
  • 85.04 g vermicelli, spaghetti (about 1 cup) or 85.04 g extra-fine egg noodles, broken in 3- to 4-inch lengths (about 1 cup)
  • 354.88 ml cooked chickpeas (garbanzo beans) or 354.88 ml white beans (or a 15-ounce can, drained)
  • salt & freshly ground black pepper
  • cayenne pepper
  • 1 small loaf sourdough bread, sliced
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directions

  • Heat oil in large saucepan. Add onion, leek and half of parsley, and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes, or until onion is soft and light golden. Add broth, 1 quart (or 1 L) water, carrot, potato, cumin and turmeric and bring to a boil. If using a potato, add an additional cup of water. Cover and simmer over low heat for 12 to 15 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
  • Add squash and spinach and bring to a boil. Add pasta and simmer, uncovered, over medium-low heat for 3 minutes. Add chickpeas and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes, or until pasta and vegetables are tender. Stir in remaining parsley. Season to taste with salt, pepper and cayenne. Serve hot.

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