Fatat Al-Ads - Arab Bread with Lentils

Ingredients

• •1 1/2 cups red lentils
• •2 pounds lamb bones
• •1 loaf round brown Arab bread
• •1 onion
• •10 cloves garlic, crushed
• •1 tomato
• •6 tablespoons corn oil
• •salt
• •1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• •1 tablespoon cumin seeds
• •oil for frying bread

Directions

1. 1Boil the lamb bones in four cups of water; keep water level the same throughout. Remove the bones.
2. 2Wash the lentils. Add the lentils to the bone stock. As the lentils boil, remove the froth.
3. 3Add the onions, half the garlic and the tomato, lower heat and leave until the lentils are cooked. Cool, and put through a food blender.
4. 4Return to heat, bring to boil and add the salt, pepper and cumin. Boil for five minutes.
5. 5Cut bread into small pieces, fry in oil and remove. (Unfried bread can be used).
6. 6Fry remainder of garlic in one tablespoon of oil. Arrange the bread with the lentils in an oven dish and pour the garlic and oil over them. Serve hot.