One of the oldest edibles on this planet is broth. Across the world, soups have are used to cure or nourish people suffering from various ailments. For nearly hundreds of decades, mothers and wifes living in Egypt have skillfully and lovingly made the attached list of soups.
*Soups Reputed to be Aphrodisiacs – It is customary to feed these soups to a bridegroom for the entire week prior to the nuptials!
- Pigeon Soup is prepared the same way as a basic chicken soup. This recipe will feed two: 3 onions, salt and pepper, mastic and cardamom seeds, 1/2 cup of hulled wheat as well as two pigeons. Put the bird and whole onions together, in boiling water. Tie the seeds into a muslin bag. Lower the heat and allow the birds to cook until the meat is tender. Once you’ve removed the pigeons along with the muslin bag, mix the hulled grain into the soup and boil for an additional ten minutes. Before you add the boiled pigeons to the broth, all skin and bones need to be removed.
- Lamb, Beef or Camel Shank Soup; the shanks should be cooked in boiling water until tender enough to de-bone. The shanks can be removed from the pot, pull off the meat and put it in a bowl to keep it from getting cold. Set aside cup of the shank broth and cool. Boil remainder of broth. Allow butter or ghee to melt in a different kettle, then mix in flour and keep stirring until it’s mixed well and is golden in appearance. Lightly beat the two egg yolks with a fork. Next, mix the egg into the flour and butter mixture, stirring continuously, and combine the 1/2 cup of shank broth that has cooled down. When making this stew return the flame to low and slowly add the remaining hot broth stirring the whole time. it is beneficial to add the broth after the meat boils. Keep from boiling. Flavor with salt and pepper and add as much lemon as you prefer. For those who don’t have money to buy lamb or beef, the shanks from a camel can be substitute but they will require a much longer cooking time.
* A simple recipe that will aid an upset tummy or runny stools is to boil water, salt and onions together to make a simple onion and water broth. The salt of course helps against dehydration and onion is said to have disinfectant properties. If the soup was planned for a baby, they can drink it from a baby bottle, once the cooked onion has been taken out.
- Often lemon soup with boiled rice is used as a cure for diarrhea. Shake in some salt when cup of rice is boiling in 1 cups of water. You will need to add the juice of two or three lemons after you remove it from the heat. The salt keeps you hydrated if you are suffering from diarrhea and the rice is an easy to digest complex noncarbohydrate food and the lemon is a disinfectant and can kill some of the bacteria at the root of the problem.
* For regaining strength after a bout of serious illness:
- Egyptian Bean, Vegetable and Lemon Soup; this is a simple and nutritious soup that is often served to people who are just beginning to eat solid food after recovering from illness. Saute onion chopped, in a tiny bit of olive oil. Add a teaspoon of crushed cumin seeds, a bay leaf or two, a large chopped carrot and cook on medium heat until the onion is golden. Add chopped fresh tomatoes, a cup of pre-soaked dried and skinned broad fava beans and 1 liters of boiled water, reduce heat and simmer until both the carrots and the beans are cooked. Salt and pepper should be added according to your preferences. Remove from heat and add the juice from two to three lemons. If the person is too weak to chew, the soup may be pureed.
It is known that the lemons from Egypt are a lot smaller than from other countries.
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