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Harira recipe
Tomato, lentil and chickpea soup to break a fast.
Ingredients
- 300 g lamb, cubed
- 240 g cooked chickpeas
- 150 g brown lentils
- 600 g ripe tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 2 celery
- 80 g vermicelli
- 1 coriander
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp plain flour
How to make Harira
- Brown the lamb with the onion, celery and cinnamon, then add the blended tomato and cook it down.
- Add water, the lentils and the chickpeas and simmer until the lentils are soft, about forty minutes.
- Whisk the flour into a little cold water and stir it in to thicken the soup to a silky body.
- Drop in the vermicelli for the last few minutes and finish with coriander and lemon.
What is Harira?
Harira is a traditional dish from Morocco, simmered in one pot, and takes about 75 minutes from start to finish. It is built around ripe tomatoes, lamb, cubed and cooked chickpeas. The recipe below uses 10 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Harira take?
At 75 minutes it is slower than 62% of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 11 dishes built on ripe tomatoes. The method runs to 4 steps.
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