How to cook syrian lentil casserole 🍲

Wash 1.5 cups of green lentils

Place them in a pot and add 4 cups of water and boil until the lentils get soft

Wash 2 bunches of cilantro

Chop chop chop

Chop 2 big onions

Fry the onions in 3 tbsp of olive oil

Peal 2 heads of garlic

Mince

Add lemon juice (3 lemons will do fine )

Add lemon juice to the soft lentils

Add 4 table spoons of pomegranate molasses

Add 3/4 of the fried onions

Add 3/4 of the chopped cilantro and the minced garlic

Mix, add salt and cumin to taste

Cut 3 pita loaves into small pieces

Add 3/4 of the pita bread. Mix and cook over a low heat for 10 minutes

Place the mixture in plates

Add the remaining fried onions to the top of the lentil plates

Fry remaining garlic and cilantro in olive oil

Add them over the onions

Deep fry the remaining pitas

Sprinkle them over the plate

Serve cold