Sharba Libiya (Libyan Ramadan Soup)

Name: Sharba Libiya (Libyan Ramadan Soup)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Libyan Coastal & Tripolitanian
Ingredients: 400 g lamb (small dice); 120 g orzo (or crushed vermicelli); 150 g chickpeas; tomato + tomato paste, onion; hararat (Libyan five-spice), turmeric, chili; dried mint + fresh parsley + lemon

Libya's Ramadan soup: lamb and tomato simmered with orzo and chickpeas, generous with dried mint and hararat spice — thick, warming, and on every Libyan iftar table for thirty nights.

1 hr 20 min · Serves 6 · Easy

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Ingredients

Base

400 glamb (small dice), zabiha
120 gorzo (or crushed vermicelli)
150 gchickpeas
tomato + tomato paste, onion

Spice

hararat (Libyan five-spice), turmeric, chili

Finish

dried mint + fresh parsley + lemon, dried mint is the signature

Method

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Time: Prep 20 min · Cook 60 min · 80 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Brown the lamb with onion and hararat; add tomato paste and cook down.
20 min
2
Add water, chickpeas, and orzo; simmer until thickened and the lamb is tender.
40 min
3
Finish generously with dried mint, parsley, and lemon.
10 min