Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, harira soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

This Moroccan soup has lamb, lentils, chickpeas, noodles, egg and more and is spiced with cinnamon, ginger, cayenne and turmeric. Harira is a classic Moroccan comfort soup made of 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 Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Harira Soup is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

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

The ingredients needed to make Harira Soup:

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

This thick soup is a wonderful comfort food. It's easy to make, delicious and healthy! I know the spices sound strange, but the end result is an excellent savory soup. Serving: In Morocco we serve harira along with dates - one bite of a date, one spoon of Harira! the savory and sweet mixture is just amazing!

Steps 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

Make this Moroccan chickpea and lentil soup (harira) soon. The rich flavors and aromas of this recipe will make you swoon. Turmeric, cumin, paprika and a dash of cinnamon will create a beautiful flavor. This soup is vegan, but you can add meat (lamb) to it to make it even richer. Harira is a traditional Moroccan soup that is a meal by itself.

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