Recipe for Chicken and Tehina Soup

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 liters boiling water
• 500 grams unprocessed tehina
• A few tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, finely diced
• 2 stalks celery, without the leaves, sliced
• 1 or more chili peppers
• 1/2 or more liters hot water for diluting the tehina and soaking the saffron
• 1 gram saffron threads
• 1 kg skinless and boneless chicken breast halves, very cold for convenience in slicing
• 3 soup spoons cornstarch
• 5 soup spoons water for mixing the cornstarch
• Pinch of salt