Title: Sour Soup
Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

1/4 c Dried chick peas
1/4 c Cracked wheat
1 c Dried red lentils
4 c Boiling water
1 bn Swiss chard; or other greens
-such as dandelion or
-amaranth
1/2 c Fresh lemon juice
2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Near East or Aleppo pepper
1/2 ts Pureed garlic
3 tb Finely chopped fresh mint

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Place chick peas in a bowl, cover with water by at least 2 inches, and soak
overnight.

Drain the chick peas and place in a large saucepan. Rinse the cracked wheat
under cold running water, and add to saucepan, along with 2 1/2 cups of
cold water. Bring to a boil, then simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes.

Rinse the lentils under cold running water, and add to chick peas and
cracked wheat. Pour in the 4 cups of boiling water, and simmer another 30
minutes.

Meanwhile, wash the chard, cut off the thick stems and finely chop them.
Add chopped stems to saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes. Finely chop the
leaves, add them to the saucepan, and simmer an additional 25 minutes. Add
the lemon juice, salt, pepper, pureed garlic and mint, stir well and simmer
5 minutes. Remove soup from the heat, and adjust the seasonings. If soup is
too thick, add more boiling water. Serve warm or cold.

Yield: 6 servings

Posted to recipelu-digest by molony on Feb 24, 1998