Easy & Delicious Harira Soup Recipe
A heartwarming, balanced and very fragrant soup that you will find yourself making over and over again
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker (optional)
Ingredients
- 1 cup 1 inch diced beef or chicken optional if you are making a vegan Harira
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 1 can crushed tomatoes
- 1 can cooked chickpeas
- 1 cup 1 dry brown lentils
- 1 medium onion, finely grated
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp cilantro, finely chopped
- salt
- 1 tbsp ginger powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp turmeric
- 1 tbsp tomato mix, diluted in 1/2 cup of water
- ½ cup short vermicelli
- 1 cup flour mixed with 4 cups of water make sure the mixture is perfectly smooth with no lumps
- 1 or 2 eggs (optional)
Garnish
- lemon wedges
- cilantro
- parsley
Instructions
- In a large cooking pot, add the meat, oil, peeled chickpeas, pre-soaked lentils, grated onion, crushed tomatoes, spices and approximately 8 cups (2 liters) of water.
- Bring to boil, cover and cook on medium heat for 40 minutes or until your lentils are almost cooked.
- Add the tomato mixture, parsley and cilantro. Bring to a boil and cover. Let cook for an additioonal 10 minutes.
- Add the vermicelli and cook for a couple of minutes while mixing the soup.
- Add the flour mixture making sure to mix constantly with a wooden spoon. Make sure no lumps are formed. The soup will thicken after a few minutes. Continue mixing for a 1 or 2 minutes.
- When the soup has tickened. It's done! Serve it ht and garnish with lemon wedges, parsley and cilantro.
- Optional: while the soup is still very hot, you can crack one egg or two and mix whitha wooden spoon. It will make the soup more balanced and add more texture and richness to it.
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