Adas bi Haamud

Description
Lentils with chard and lemon. Serves 6.

Ingredients

 * 1½ cups lentils
 * 2½ cups Swiss chard leaves
 * ¾ cup chopped onions
 * ¾ cup olive oil
 * 1 bunch green kizbara (coriander) or 1 stalk celery
 * 5 garlic cloves
 * 1½ tsp salt
 * ¾ cup lemon juice (or to taste)
 * 1 tsp flour

Directions

 * 1) Wash lentils well and leave to drain overnight. Wash again in morning and pick over.
 * 2) Cook with water to cover in pressure cooker for l0 minutes.
 * 3) Open cooker. Add chard leaves which have been chopped with a few stems and one cup water. Cook under pressure another 8 minutes.
 * 4) Meanwhile fry onions in olive oil.
 * 5) Crush garlic with salt and add to fried onions.
 * 6) Wash and chop kizbara or celery.
 * 7) Add with the onions to the chard and lentil mixture. Stir.
 * 8) Add lemon juice mixed with one teaspoon flour to thicken the sauce.
 * 9) Let simmer until it is like thick soup.
 * 10) Add seasonings. Serve hot.