← Back to Tunisia
Chorba
Tunisia
The soup that breaks the Ramadan fast throughout the Maghreb. The smell of chorba at sunset is the smell of Ramadan.
Tunisian lamb and vegetable soup — a mildly spiced broth of lamb, chickpeas, tomatoes and orzo, the great soup of Ramadan eaten to break the fast.
Prep
15 mins
Cook
45 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Calories
255 kcal
Serves
6
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used
Ingredients
400glamb, diced
200gchickpeas, cooked
3tomatoes, diced
2 stalkscelery, sliced
1onion, diced
100gorzo or broken vermicelli
1 tspras el hanout
juice of 1lemon
corianderto finish
Method
1
Brown lamb in oil. Add onion, celery, tomatoes and ras el hanout.
2
Add water and chickpeas. Simmer 30 minutes.
3
Add orzo. Cook 10 minutes.
4
Finish with lemon and coriander.
Chef's Tip
Add pasta last — it absorbs liquid and thickens the soup quickly.
Couldn't load comments right now — please refresh.
Leave a Comment
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
You may also like
More recipes you might enjoy
Some recipe photos courtesy of Openverse and Wikimedia Commons contributors, used under Creative Commons licenses.