Name: Nawal’s Shorba
Cuisine: Israel
Ingredients: 6 garlic cloves, minced or crushed; 1½ tablespoons flour, mixed with 250 mls water; ½ teaspoon cumin; 3 lemons, juiced; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 1 teaspoon baharat; 1½ litres cold water; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1 teaspoon salt; 3-4 bay leaves; 1 piece of ginger, peeled & sliced; 2 chicken breasts, chopped into large cubes; 2 large potatoes, peeled & cubed

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Galilean Kitchen

By Ruth Nieman

Published 2017

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Ingredients

For basic broth

2 chicken breasts, chopped into large cubes
1 piece of ginger, peeled & sliced
3-4

Method

place the chicken cubes, ginger, bay leaves, cardamom, salt & water in a saucepan & boil for 20-30 minutes to create a flavourful broth
add the potato cubes, lower the heat & simmer for a further 15 minutes
mix the flour & water into a paste & add to the broth & boil for 5 minutes to thicken the soup slightly
add the cumin