Traditional Harira Soup
Traditional 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. Place the lamb, turmeric, black pepper, cinnamon, ginger, cayenne, butter, celery, onion, and cilantro into a large soup pot over a low heat. Harira is a traditional Moroccan soup of tomato, lentils and chickpeas.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have traditional harira soup using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Traditional Harira Soup:
  1. Make ready 300 g lamb, cubed
  2. Take 150 g green lentils
  3. Make ready 150 g chickpeas
  4. Take 1 onion, chopped finely
  5. Take 150 g celery, chopped finely
  6. Take 2 tablespoons tomato paste, diluted with a little bit of water
  7. Get 400 g tomato juice
  8. Prepare 100 g flour
  9. Get 1 vermicelli, handful
  10. Take 1 bunch of coriander, chopped finely
  11. Take 1 bunch parsley, chopped finely
  12. Make ready 3 lemons, cut into wedges
  13. Make ready 3 tablespoons oil
  14. Take 1 tablespoons turmeric
  15. Get 1 saffron threads
  16. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  17. Get black pepper to taste
  18. Prepare salt to taste

It's a chickpea and lentil soup that's made with either beef or lamb. 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. It is typically thickened with broken vermicelli pasta or rice. And there is not really something like a perfect soup.

Instructions to make Traditional Harira Soup:
  1. Heat the oil in a deep saucepan and add in the meat, turmeric, saffron, coriander, parsley, onion and celery. Season with salt and stir.
  2. Add in a cup of water and stir over low heat for 5 to 10 minutes.
  3. Pour 2 liters of boiled water over the meat mixture and add in the lentils and chickpeas. Simmer covered over low heat for about 50 minutes.
  4. Then add in the tomato juice, tomato paste and cumin and cook for another 20 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile, in a bowl mix the flour with half a liter of cold water. Whisk well to prevent the formation of lumps and strain.
  6. Pour the flour and water mixture over the soup and mix slowly to prevent lumps.
  7. Finally, add in the vermicelli and stir constantly for about 5 to 10 minutes. By then you should have a thick soup.
  8. To serve, squeeze the lemon over the harira soup.

It is typically thickened with broken vermicelli pasta or rice. And there is not really something like a perfect soup. If you have been to Morocco, then you will see that there are many versions of this soup. It really depends on the chef and what he or she likes in this soup. Some harira soup recipes as for pasta, chickpeas or rice.

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