Chorba frik

Method 6 steps

1. 1

   Brown the meat with the onion and celery in ghee for ten minutes.

2. 2

   Add the grated tomato, tomato paste, cinnamon, salt and pepper and cook five minutes.

3. 3

   Pour in two litres of boiling water, add the chickpeas and simmer forty minutes.

4. 4

   Rinse the freekeh, add it and cook twenty minutes more, stirring; the grain settles and catches.

5. 5

   Stir in the coriander five minutes before the end and loosen with water if the soup has gone too thick.

6. 6

   Ladle out, crumble dried mint over each bowl and add lemon juice.