Harira

Name: Harira
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Morocco
Ingredients: 200g red lentils; 200g chickpeas, cooked; 400g tinned tomatoes; 3 stalks celery, diced; 1 onion, diced; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp ginger; 1 bunch coriander and parsley; juice of 1 lemon; 1 egg, beaten

Morocco

Morocco's most important soup. Eaten at Ramadan iftar with dates and chebakia honey pastries. Sold from enormous pots in the Djemaa el-Fna square in Marrakesh.

Moroccan tomato and lentil soup — the soup that breaks the Ramadan fast each evening. A thick, nourishing broth of chickpeas, lentils, tomato, celery and herbs with a lemon egg finish.

Photo: Giovanni Prestige

Prep

15 mins

Cook

45 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Calories

325 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

200gred lentils

200gchickpeas, cooked

400gtinned tomatoes

3 stalkscelery, diced

1onion, diced

2 tbsptomato purée

1 tspcinnamon

1 tspginger

1 bunchcoriander and parsley

juice of 1lemon

1egg, beaten

Method

Fry onion and celery. Add tomatoes, purée and spices. Add lentils and water. Simmer 30 minutes.

Add chickpeas and herbs. Season.

Stir in beaten egg and lemon for the final minute.

Chef's Tip

The beaten egg stirred in at the end thickens and enriches the soup in the last moment.

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