Ingredients

  • 12 lb ground beef
  • 1 small onion, grated
  • 14 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 14 teaspoon pepper
  • 12 teaspoon salt
  • 4 -5 cups water
  • 1 12 teaspoons salt
  • 14 cup black-eyed peas
  • 14 cup lentils
  • 1 cup noodles
  • 12 teaspoon pepper
  • 12 cup parsley, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon dried mint
  • 14 teaspoon pepper
  • 14 teaspoon cinnamon

Method

  • Put the meat in a bowl.
  • Add grated onions and seasoning, mix well and make meat balls the size of walnuts.
  • Put the water in a 3-qt pot.
  • Add salt and black-eyed peas and let cook for 15 minutes.
  • Add meat balls, lentils, noodles, pepper and parsley and let simmer on a medium fire for about 35 minutes.
  • Rub dried mint in the palm of your hands to make it powdery.
  • Add cinnamon and pepper to the mint.
  • Add this to the soup just before removing it from the fire.