Nora Pouillon's Egyptian Spinach Soup
Recipe: #40697
May 22, 2023
Categories: Curries, Spinach, Middle Eastern Vegetarian, Spices, Yogurt, more
"A warm, spicy soup. You can use chicken broth if not being vegetarian This recipe is from chef Nora Pouillon, owner of Nora's in Washington, DC. Serve with warm pita bread or chips"
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (345.8 g)
- Calories 131.6
- Total Fat - 5.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.9 g
- Cholesterol - 2.8 mg
- Sodium - 961.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.6 g
- Sugars - 4.6 g
- Protein - 8.8 g
- Calcium - 152.8 mg
- Iron - 2.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 23.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Get spices together.
Step 2
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and sauté the onion until soft.
Step 3
Add garlic.
Step 4
Add the spices and cook minute more.
Step 5
Add the stock, scallions, rice, salt and pepper to taste.
Step 6
Cover.
Step 7
Simmer gently for approximately 20 minutes, until the rice is cooked. Do not overcook.
Step 8
Add the spinach into the pot and cook for another five minutes.
Step 9
Temper the yogurt mixed with garlic with a ladle of hot soup
Step 10
Beat yogurt and garlic into the soup, and reheat gently so the yogurt does not curdle.
Tips
No special items needed.