HasaAdas

Hasaadas is a healthful Lybian soup that is also vegetarian-friendly. It is often cooked with lentils, carrots, onions, and tomatoes and has a thick consistency. Traditionally, the soup is seasoned with garlic and cumin. When finished, hasa adas is topped with crispy and sweet caramelized onions or toasted bread slices. When cooked with dried meat, the soup is often poured over toasted Arabic bread and is known as fattat adas. It is typically served as a warming winter dish.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups orange lentils (washed and drained)
• 5 cups water
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 medium carrot, chopped
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 chopped tomatoes
• 1/2 – 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon salt

Instruction:

1. Fried Onions: 2 medium onions, chopped into wingsoil for frying
2. For ToppingExtra cuminToasted or fried bread (cut into cubes, or triangles for flatbread)
3. Wash and drain lentils, wash and cut the carrot, chop tomatoes and onion.
4. Put the onion, tomatoes, carrot, lentils, garlic cloves, salt and cumin in a pot.
5. Add about 5 cups of boiling water. Cook, until the lentils become mushy.
6. Leave to cool, puree, add boiling water to desired thickness, stir well.
7. Chop 2 onions into thin wings, fry in a little olive oil or butter, stirring constantly until dark brown.