🇲🇦 Morocco cuisine · #4

Harira

Harira
Time90 min
Serves8
Ingredients13

Morocco's Ramadan soup of tomato, lentils, chickpeas, meat and vermicelli, thickened with flour and fragrant with coriander and celery; served with dates and chebakia.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Sauté the meat, onion, chickpeas and spices in a little oil for 5 minutes.
  2. Add lentils, chopped herbs and 2 litres of water; simmer 45 minutes.
  3. Add tomatoes and paste; cook 15 minutes.
  4. Add the vermicelli.
  5. Whisk flour into a cup of water and stir in gradually until silky and thick.
  6. Serve with lemon and dates.
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