Sebze Corbasi – Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• Water (hot)……… 5 cups
• Black pepper……..1/3 teaspoon
• Celery leaves…… 3 – 4
• Flour……………….. 2 tablespoons
• Chard leaves……. 1 ea.
• Butter ………………2 tablespoons
• Parsley…………… 3 – 4 sprigs
• Onion………………. 1 medium size
• Potatoes…………. 2 small size
• Egg…………………. 1 ea.
• Carrots……………. 1 small size
• Milk………………….1 cup
• Rice……………….. 1/8 cup
• Salt………………… 2 teaspoons

Directions

Peel the onion, wash and chop finely and place in a saucepan together with the butter or margarine, cover and sautè for 3-4 minutes over low heat, stirring. Add the flour and brown lightly. Add water, blend well and leave to boil. Wash the other vegetables, chop them finely. Pare and grate the potatoes and carrot. Wash the rice. Add vegetables, rice and salt to the boiling mixture. Simmer for 35 – 40 minutes until really tender. Pass through sieve or food processor, add black pepper, stir and replace over the heat. In a seperate dish beat the egg well with milk, add a couple of spoons from the hot soup to warm it and very gradually add this egg-milk mixture to the pot, stirring constantly, bring to boil and turn off the heat.