Chorba bil Matisha

Description

Soup with capellini and vegetables

Ingredients

• 1 large onion
• 4 whole cloves
• 6 cups vegetable broth
• 2 pounds butternut squash, cubed
• 4 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 cans diced tomatoes
• 2 tbsp cilantro, finely chopped
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• ¼ cup capellini, broken
• 1 cup milk
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 large lemon wedged

Directions

1. Stud onions with cloves.
2. In soup pot, combine broth, squash, celery, tomatoes, cilantro and turmeric. Cover and bring to a boil.
3. Reduce heat to medium and cook until the vegetable are tender about 30 minutes.
4. Discard onion and cloves.
5. In a blender, puree the soup. Return soup to pot and add pasta. Simmer for 8 minutes.
6. Thin with milk and heat through.
7. Season with salt and pepper.
8. Serve with lemon wedges.