Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2010

This soup is good without rocking my world. I substantially followed the recipe, with only minor changes, including cornstarch instead of corn meal and low fat condensed milk in place of heavy cream. I think the texture benefited from partially pureeing it and the lemon juice suggested by another reviewer was a good enhancement.

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Mirandamom

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2009

Wow, did I underestimate this soup! It was absolutely delicious! I normally use canned coconut milk instead of cream, half and half or milk, and it lent a nice exotic flavor with the tahini, chickpeas and coriander. I used corn starch instead of meal, can't imagine using that, as other reviewers suggested. I've used tons of recipes off of this site and this is a big suprizer- one of the best yet. I lazily added garlic pwder instead of fresh. This blew our socks off! Thanks so much for the great recipe, it's to die for~:))

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funbycynthia

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2009

i substituted yogurt for the cream and its delicious. great soup!

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SEEMA21

Reviewed: Feb. 2, 2009

Made with cornstarch, canned potatoes, cannelini beans, and frozen spinach.1/2 tspn cayenne was too spicy, would add less next time. Felt it tasted a little too 'powdery', like the cumin wasn't cooked properly (would suggest adding cumin immediately to onions & garlic to help the powder flavor of the cumin cook out). I'm Indian and have cooked with ground cumin and ground coriander quite a bit and should have known better. Overall, a pretty good recipe, healthy, and different.

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Priposterous

Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2009

I found this to be oddly bland, and my husband hated it. Since I had a LOT left over, I tried adding a lot more spinach and doubling the spices, which made it good enough to eat, but not really very good. I did, of course, know to use cornstarch. I also think the spinach needs to be cooked, rather than warmed. I did not serve the uncooked spinach, so that wasn't why my husband found it inedible.

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Karen in DE

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Living In: Long Island, New York, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2009

I ditto Kym's review below, as she said it well. Very little zip in this, needed much more cumin and garlic, and was missing something. May sound wierd, but CILANTRO, which is the leaves of coriander, may be what is missing; I did not like the ground coriander, but cilantro is paired with these ingredients many times in my Middle-Eastern cookbook. Reminder, too, that corn meal should be cornSTARCH, which I used.

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joy-of-jesus-smileymom

Home Town: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2008

Loved this soup; next time I might try regular milk instead of cream to make it a little less fattening, but it tasted wonderful.

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serenaalyce

Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2008

I did not have some ingredients on hand, had reduced fat peanut butter and fat free milk...seemed to work out well. I blended half of the soup when the potatoes were tender. Good soup but was missing something, husband suggested shredded chicken.....several times =)

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KERIS1172

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Mentor, Ohio, USA

Living In: Hambden Township, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2008

very delicious and garlicy once you add enough salt

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HANNAH82

Home Town: Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: May 4, 2008

I like it, but I have to add salt individually to each bowl to really give it flavor--so make sure to add enough to the pot at the end. I didn't have coriander, so I replaced it with allspice and oregano and it tastes fine.

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