Lentils with swiss chard

This morning, I went and had a lovely breakfast at Pain Quotidien in Notting Hill gate. I had scrambled eggs on brown toast eventhough I was craving poached eggs but they don't make it there. The nice thing about Pain Quotidien is the spreads they put on the table which vary from chocolate spreads to jams. Rhubarb jam is a MUST to taste!! It's delicious.


Getting hungry around lunchtime, I decided to make 3adass b 7amoud ; it takes less than an hour to make! It's a simple traditional Lebanese dish, with lots of nutritional value and very easy to make.

The ingredients:

• 1 cup of brown lentils
• 4 leaves of swiss chard
• 5 cloves of garlic (I love garlic, so I tend to put lots)
• 1 Onion
• 1 Lemon
• Salt
• Cumin

Clean the lentils really well, and put them in a pot with 5 cups of water. Let it boil, wait for 15-20 min until the lentils are a bit cooked. Chop the swiss chard and add them to the lentils and let it cook. Meanwhile, chop the onions and garlic and fry them in a separate pot with a bit of olive oil until the onions are gold in colour. Add the onions and garlic to the lentils mix, some salt and cumin to taste, stir the mix and voila! Squeeze the lemon and pour the juice at the end.