Name: Grain and Bean Soup from Mosul (Shorbat Burma al-Mosuliyya)
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon prepared noomi Basra; or juice of 1 lemon (¼ cup/60 ml); 1 medium onion, chopped; ½ cup (4 oz/115 g) unshelled lentils, washed and soaked overnight, drained; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 cup (8 oz/225 g) shelled wheat or barley, washed and soaked overnight, drained; ¼ teaspoon black pepper; 2 tablespoons oil; ½ cup (4 oz/115 g) dried red beans or black-eyed peas, washed and soaked overnight, drained; 1 lb (450 g) lamb chunks on the bone; Chopped parsley; 1 teaspoon ground cumin

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Makes
6
servings

Difficulty
Medium

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Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

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Modern Mosul is the site of the ancient Assyrian capital, Nineveh. The city was called Mosul (connector) in Arabic because it was the middle gate, which stood at the point where four great highways met, in particular the junction of Assyria and Babylon (Burton, vol.1).

Mosul was renowned for producing a fabric known in English as muslin. It is also known for some hearty dishes containing barley, wheat, and beans, for this is where they grow in abundance.

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