Libyan Chorba - A hearty lamb & mint soup

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Today we're making Chorba, a Libyan soup that is made with lamb & mint. This soup has a wonderful hearty flavour and texture, and it's one of the most popular soups to eat during Ramadan.
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0:00 Intro
0:25 Ingredient prep
2:05 Making the soup
3:45 Finishing the dish
4:47 Outro + Taste test
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Ingredients:
1.5l (50 fl oz) water
300g (10.5 oz) lamb leg steaks (or substitute with a tender cut of beef)
400g (14 oz) canned chopped tomatoes
400g (14 oz) canned chickpeas
75g (2.75 oz) orzo
25g (1 oz) fresh mint
25g (1.5 Tbsp) tomato paste
2 medium onions
1/2 cup parsley (about 20 stalks)
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 Tbsp Butter or Olive Oil
2 1/2 Tsp salt
2 Tsp Mint
1 Tsp turmeric
1 Tsp paprika
1/2 Tsp boharat or 7 spice
1/2 Tsp black pepper
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To make the Chorba:
1- Dice your onions into a medium small dice. Slice the meat into small cubes (1.5 X 1.5cm). Remove the parsley and mint leaves from the stalks and roughly chop them.
2- Add 1 Tbsp olive oil to a pot over high heat. When it is heated and shimmering add the diced lamb
3- Sear the lamb for 5-8 minutes until browned all over and there is some browning in the pot
4- Add the diced onion to the pot and a few small splashes of water
5- Cook the onion for 5-8 minutes until soft and tender
6- Add the tomato paste, salt, turmeric, paprika, black pepper and boharat, then mix well. Cook this for 1-2 minutes
7- Add the canned tomatoes, chickpeas and water and bring the pot to a boil
8- Add the dried mint, then turn the heat down to medium-low and let the pot simmer for about 40 minutes
9- Once the time is up, check the meat for doneness
10- When the meat is cooked, add the remaining butter or oil to a pan, and add in the orzo
11- Toast this for a few minutes until it turns a light golden colour, then add it into the soup
12- Add the chopped parsley and mint, and mix well. Cook the soup for about 10 minutes or according to the instructions of the orzo pasta, mixing the pot occasionally
13- Check the orzo pasta for doneness, and serve the soup once done
14- Squeeze on plenty of fresh lemon juice just before serving
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*7 Spice ingredients: (makes 1 Tsp)*
1/4 Tsp Black Pepper
1/4 Tsp Ground Cumin
1/8 Tsp Ground Ginger
1/8 Tsp Ground Cloves
1/8 Tsp Ground Coriander
1/16 Tsp Ground Cardamom
1/16 Tsp Ground Nutmeg

MiddleEats
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Libyan cuisine is really underrated...thanks for sharing. Please do more from Libya. Love from Jordan 🇯🇴 to Libya.

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you are the first on youtube using mint. But this is a must! Thank you. Was living in Libya for 11 years and had shorba always with a bit of mint flavour. Shukran Habibi.

joergrittscher
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I am from Libya, very beautiful, your cooking and recipes are kind of very correct 🇱🇾

cakehouse
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I made it for dinner today. It was the first Libyan dish I've ever cooked and it turned out great.
I used minced lamb as I had some in the freezer anyway, added a generous spoonful of harissa (I can hardly cook anything without a spicy kick) and reduced the water quantity to 1 ltr. Delicious!

natviolen
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I made this and it was amazing. I expect I’ll be making this pretty frequently, so thank you for sharing!

To anyone turned off by the 40 minute cook time: don’t be. You can significantly reduce it by making this in one of those stovetop pressure cooker pans. The 40 minute step only took me 13 minutes and the lamb gets extremely tender.

hugovanmanen
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You guys are doing a very good job at educating us about Middle Eastern cuisine! I don't know if you will be observing ramadan but I've heard that it's starting next week, so have a blessed ramadan and keep us in your prayer. 😇😉🥰

tammam
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Enjoy your videos mate ! You have a good voice to listen to. And explain just the right amount of details to make it easy to follow up. Big thumbs up and keep doing what you love ! Cheers

viniv
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Obi I love and respect you sharing your rich and most delicious culture with me . I love Lebanese food I truly can't get enough of it. I am so happy and thankful for you as eating in a restaurant in the United States of America Orlando Florida can be really expensive. So I am very grateful for sharing your culture and food with me. If one day I can visit Lebanon I will seek you out to give you a personal thanks. Loving your culture and food ms. Lena

ColleenNoriega
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in case anyone needs it, the 7 spice mix is covered in the mbakbaka video on this channel. I found that it's better than the store bought version

borysj_
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I cooked this recipe for my parents and siblings today, to rave reviews! They really loved it. It was a miserable rainy day so this dish was really a real fit for the weather. Had everything but orzo already at home, but used macaroni instead which worked like a charm.

I googled Libyan baharat and many recipes use chili so added chili powder and it was was not bad at all and it didn't take over. Also some cardamom pods and a wee bit of cilantro with the other herbs did really good. Always fun to tweak recipes a little bit. Nice one!

Carloshache
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great recipe, we have it almost every day during Ramadan. Two small variations - we cook the birds tongue pasta without browning it first (although I will try browning it as a variation), and we also sprinkle a generous quantity of dried powdered mint at the end, shortly before serving the soup.

lubnamaktari
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Ramadan Kareem...Ramadan Mubarak! May the fast pass easily and may the coming year be marked with good health.

mikiscruf
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You should open up your own restaurant. Absolutely best middle eastern chef on youtube.

moemanm
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Thank you for posting this one, also thank you for putting the ingredients in description for easy reference when I'm actually cooking it.

crazyace
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I LOVE the way you speed through your recipes. Too many people spend ages showing how to chop an onion! So boring!

katharineetaylor
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Sir: YOur soups look so delicious and so yummy. I am going to try the CHorba and the chicken and oats soup soon! Thank you!

lindanorris
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Shorba Libiyya is easily one of my favorite dishes in the whole world. Thank you for sharing this recipe!

samy
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Finally made this soup over the weekend and it was amazing...Delicious

benniemabudafhasi
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I used to absolutely love this soup during my stay in Libya. So tasty!

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