Harira (Moroccan Lentil Soup)
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Tomato soup with lentils,chickpeas, and vermicelli pasta. Perfect for those cold winter days. This soup is served everyday during the holy month of Ramadan. This is a modified recipe from my mother.
Ingredients
Instructions
Chop celery, onion, cilantro.
Place the lamb (bones optional, for flavoring), spices, margarine, celery, onion, and cilantro into a large pot over a low heat.
Stir tomatoes(without juice) into the mixture and let simmer for 15 minutes.
Pour tomato juice, 7 cups water, and the lentils into the pot.
Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to simmer. Let soup simmer, covered, for 2 hours. Stirring occasionally.
About 10 minutes before serving turn the heat to medium-high, place chickpeas and vermicelli into the soup, let cook about 10 minutes.
Serve soup with lemon wedges on the side.
This is optional: serve with warm slices of bread, dates and boiled eggs (cut in half and sprinkled with cumin and salt).
Nutrition
- Calories
- 189
- Fat Content
- 6.5
- Saturated Fat Content
- 2.1
- Cholesterol Content
- 20
- Sodium Content
- 157.8
- Carbohydrate Content
- 23
- Fiber Content
- 4.4
- Sugar Content
- 3.3
- Protein Content
- 10.4
