Tchich bel Karnit Cracked wheat soup with octopus

For the whole dish

Counted from the recipe. Real portions vary with the cook.

Ingredients

• 100 g cracked wheat
• 250 g, in pieces octopus
• 1 mgharfa kbira tomato paste
• 1, chopped onion
• 1 mgharfa kbira dried mint
• 1/2 lemon
• 2 mgharfa s8ira paprika
• 1/2 mgharfa s8ira turmeric
• 1/2 mgharfa s8ira cumin
• 2 cloves, crushed garlic
• 100 g, soaked chickpeas
• 20 g capers
• 2 mgharfa s8ira olive oil
• 1 mgharfa kbira vinegar
• 1/2 mgharfa s8ira salt
• 1/2 mgharfa s8ira black pepper

Method

1. Soften the onion and garlic in the olive oil, add the octopus and let it cook in its own water until most of it has evaporated.
2. Add the tomato paste and spices, then the chickpeas and water to cover, and simmer until the octopus is tender to a knife.
3. Pour in the cracked wheat in a slow stream, stirring so it does not clump, and cook until the soup is thick.
4. Off the heat, add the capers, vinegar, a squeeze of lemon and the dried mint rubbed between your fingers.