Harira Soup
Harira Soup

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Harira is a classic Moroccan comfort soup made with tomatoes, lentils, chickpeas, fresh herbs, dried spices, and meat, making it a filling and satisfying dish. Although served year-round, it is particularly popular for breaking the fast during Ramadan. Harira, a savory Moroccan soup made with dried legumes — lentil, chickpeas, fava beans — is traditionally cooked with lamb or lamb broth, but this version is vegetarian. Harira soup is a hearty tomato-based Moroccan soup made with legumes like lentils and chickpeas, fresh herbs, and warm spices including turmeric, cumin and cinnamon.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook harira soup using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Harira Soup:
  1. Make ready 1 medium onion (grated)
  2. Prepare 2 tomatoes (seedless, peeled and grated)
  3. Prepare 1 cup celery (chopped)
  4. Prepare 1 cup parsley and coriander (chopped)
  5. Prepare 200 grams meat (cut into small pieces)
  6. Get 1 cup chickpeas (soaked overnight)
  7. Get 1 cup lentils
  8. Prepare 1 cup dried fava beans (optional)
  9. Take 3 tablespoons tomato paste
  10. Make ready 3 tablespoons rice or vermicelli pasta
  11. Take 1 cup flour
  12. Make ready to taste Salt
  13. Take 1 teaspoon ground black pepper (according to preference)
  14. Take 1 tablespoon ginger (grated)
  15. Take 1 tablespoon turmeric powder
  16. Make ready 1 pinch saffron
  17. Take 3 tablespoons ghee or butter, or 3 spoons of olive oil
  18. Take 3 liters water

Throwing it into the soup unprepared will cause it to absorb all the liquid and you will be left with a very, very thick stew. Season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. It's a chickpea and lentil soup that's made with either beef or lamb. There are as many versions of harira as there are cooks, but traditionally it's a very simple and fairly light soup (ie, consisting of more broth than substance) because it's generally eaten as a starter to prepare the body for a larger meal to follow.

Instructions to make Harira Soup:
  1. Soak chickpeas in water overnight. (Keep or remove skin according to preference). - In a cooking pot, add ghee or oil, onions and meat and stir fry for 3 minutes.
  2. In a cooking pot, add ghee or oil, onions and meat and stir fry for 3 minutes. - Add celery, coriander, parsley, beans, tomatoes, saffron, salt, pepper and dry fava beans (optional). Mix and keep stirring for another 3 mintues
  3. Add 3 L of water and let it cook until meat and chickpeas are tender enough.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix flour and water until you get a slightly thick and smooth batter. Leave a side.
  5. Make sure the meat is cooked through. Add tomato paste to the soup and mix well.
  6. Gradually add the flour smooth batter to the soup, keep stirring nonstop for 10 minutes. Make sure to mix very well to avoid flour lumps from forming. (Very important step).
  7. Add rice or vermicelli pasta and let it simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes.
  8. Serve along with dates and chebakia sweet

It's a chickpea and lentil soup that's made with either beef or lamb. There are as many versions of harira as there are cooks, but traditionally it's a very simple and fairly light soup (ie, consisting of more broth than substance) because it's generally eaten as a starter to prepare the body for a larger meal to follow. Moroccan Chickpea and Lentil Soup (Harira) This Moroccan chickpea and lentil soup (harira) is hearty and delicious. You can adapt it to make it vegan by substituting the chicken broth for vegetable broth. Turmeric, cumin, and paprika are the main spices.

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