For a few days last week, in a food poisoning haze, I spent much of my time walking dizzily back and forth between the bathroom and my bed.
After I stabilized and remounted the reading/taxi/smile horses, I found myself ready to eat a delicious soup, the invention of a good friend of mine here, Adolf. He and my roommate Joseph and I enjoyed a nice meal together this past weekend. The soup represents a dramatic moral victory for me: food without poisoning.
Victory Soup
Serves 3 Dudes
Chop up 1/4 kilo (each) of:
Okra (Bamieh)
Potato (Botatis)
Freshly-Shelled Peas (Fasoulia)
Carrot (Gazaht)
Boil lightly in enough water to cover it up for 30-40 minutes until it all seems tender. Don't worry about the broth, it will be thin, no problem. The key, though: a few dashes of cumin, pepper and salt to taste with a very Egyptian squirt of lemon.
Complement Victory Soup with kofta/tomato/onion/tahini sandwiches in pita-type bread.
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4 comments:
hmmm not sure if it's a discrepancy with "egyptian" arabic but okra is actually called bamieh. kusa is zucchini.
The last line of this recipe should be:
10 minutes Guitar solo. May substitute 80's metal air guitar solo if no musician of requisite skill can be found
Thanks for what looks like a scrumptious soup recipe!
I hope post-food poisoning life is treating you well. I'll write you something more substantial once I get over my own end-of-semester crunch.
Thanks, Haya for the note. Its not Kusa, but Bamieh.
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