Rechta

Method 7 steps

1. 1

   Knead a stiff dough from the flour, water, a spoon of oil and salt and work it fifteen minutes.

2. 2

   Roll the dough into a thin sheet and cut it into two-millimetre noodles.

3. 3

   Spread the noodles on a cloth, dust them with flour and dry them twenty minutes.

4. 4

   Simmer the chicken with the onion, chickpeas, cinnamon and white pepper in two litres of water for forty minutes.

5. 5

   Add the turnip in wedges and cook twenty minutes more, until tender.

6. 6

   Steam the noodles over the broth fifteen minutes, take them off, sprinkle with oil and toss them.

7. 7

   Repeat the steaming twice more, mound the noodles, top with the chicken and turnip and ladle broth over.