About this dish
A stew of torn flatbread pieces cooked with pumpkin, lentils, and spices, a Ramadan favorite.
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Ingredients
🍞2 flatbreads, torn into pieces
🫘1 cup lentils
🎃1 cup pumpkin, chunked
🧅1 onion, chopped
Method
Serves 41
Sauté onion until softened.2
Add lentils, pumpkin, and enough water to cover, then simmer until the lentils are soft.3
Stir in the torn bread pieces.4
Simmer until the bread has softened and absorbed the broth.5
Season with salt and serve hot.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Gurssan (also called gursan) is a traditional Saudi Ramadan dish, valued for its hearty combination of bread and lentils in a spiced broth.
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