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Chorba Frik

Name: Chorba Frik
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Algeria
Ingredients: 400g Lamb; 100g Bulgur; 150g (canned) Chickpeas; 3 Tomato; 1 Onion; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 bunch Cilantro; 1 tsp Dried mint; 1 tsp Paprika; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder; 2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 2 tbsp Olive oil; 1 Lemon

Soup

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Lamb, tomato, and cracked green wheat simmered together — the Algerian soup essential on the Ramadan table.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Chorba frik is Algeria's national soup: lamb, tomatoes, chickpeas, and frik — young green wheat roasted and cracked — are simmered together. During Ramadan it appears almost nightly as the first dish to break the fast. It's finished with the aroma of mint and cilantro and a squeeze of lemon.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At sunset during Ramadan in an Algiers home, steaming red soup and dates are set before the family just as the call to prayer rings out.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Lamb 400g
Bulgur 100g
Chickpeas 150g (canned)
Tomato 3
Onion 1
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Cilantro 1 bunch
Dried mint 1 tsp
Paprika 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
Salt 2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Olive oil 2 tbsp
Lemon 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat olive oil in a pot and sauté the small pieces of lamb and chopped onion.
Add the paprika, cinnamon, salt, pepper, and tomato paste and stir-fry together.
Add the grated tomatoes and 1.5L water and simmer 30 minutes.
Add the dry-toasted bulgur and chickpeas and simmer 30 minutes.
Add the chopped cilantro and dried mint.
Serve in bowls with lemon.

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