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Morocan Harira soup - شوربة الحريرة المغربية

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You will need:
  • ½ lb. uncooked meat (lamb, beef or chicken), cut in cubes. I used chicken
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 bunch parsley, finely chopped
  • 1 or 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 cup of dry chick peas, soaked for a night and then peeled
  • 3 large tomatoes, peeled 
  • 1/2 cup dry yellow lentils, washed
  • 1/4 cup uncooked broken vermicelli
  • 3 tablespoons tomato paste, mixed evenly into 1 cup of water
  • 1/4  cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 
  • salt and black pepper
  • Spices: cinnamon, ginger (optional). I honestly didn't add them
 
- Put the oil into a large pressure cooker. Add meat and cook over medium heat for few minutes, stirring to brown all sides.

- Add parsley, celery, onion, chick peas, tomatoes, lentils, and spices. Stir in 3 cups of water.

- Cover tightly, and heat over high heat until pressure is achieved. Reduce the heat to medium, and cook for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and release the pressure.
- Add tomato paste mixture, and 2 quarts of water. And cook the soup over medium heat.


- While the soup is cooking, add vermicelli. Add salt or pepper.
- Mix together the flour with 2 cups of water. Pour in the flour mixture. Stir constantly and keep the soup simmering so the flour doesn’t stick to the bottom.
- Simmer the thickened soup, stirring occasionally for about five minutes. 
- Remove from heat and serve


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