Lentil Soup With Spinach and Lemon (Ads Bi Hamud)

Ingredients

• 375 g green lentils, soaked for 1 hour
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 kg spinach
• 2 onions, cut in half then sliced thinly
• 4 tablespoons oil
• 6 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 1 1/2 lemons, juice of

Directions

1. 1

   Wash and drain the lentils, place them in a pan with water to cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until they are very tender, adding salt and pepper, to taste, towards the end of the cooking time.

2. 2

   Wash the spinach thoroughly, remove the stems, chop the leaves coarsely, and add them to the lentils.

3. 3

   Sauté the onions and garlic in oil until soft, add the flour and stir well.

4. 4

   Add a cup of water and stir until this sauce thickens; then pour the sauce into the soup.

5. 5

   Add the lemon juice and more water, if necessary, and simmer until the soup is thick.

6. 6

   Serve very hot.