Arabic Barley Soup
	3   small diced onions   1 cup    dried barley   1/2 cup    dried lentils   6 cups    water   2 Tbs    olive oil   1 tsp    dried mint   1 tsp    turmeric   1/2 tsp    ground black pepper   1 cup    cooked or canned chick peas     1 Saute onions in hot olive oil, oil spray or broth until golden. Combine all ingredients except for the chick peas in a large pot. Bring to a boil.Reduce heat and simmer approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. 2 Add chick peas, heat through about 10 minutes.   Recipe formatted and exported by Living Cookbook from Radium Technologies, Inc.