Recipe 39/50 : Morocco : Harira

Harira is a traditional Moroccan soup, often eaten to break the fast during Ramadan. This is one of the best soups I had ever. I made vegetarian version of this soup. You can add meat like chicken and lamb to this and cook too

Ingredients

1 to 1.5 cups Chickpeas, soaked overnight

1 large onion chopped

1 cup blended tomatoes

2 tablespoon tomato paste

1 cup celery, chopped

1 cup parsley, chopped

Paprika to taste

1 tea spoon black pepper

salt to taste

1 tablespoon turmeric

2 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 cup green lentils

4 tablespoon vermicelli very thin

2 table spoon cornflour mixed in 1 tablespoon water

1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Method

1. Bring 3 cups of water to boil and then add all the ingreidients except for vermicelli, cornflour and cilantro.

2. Stir and cook for 30-40 minutes covered.

3. Add vermicelli, stir.

4. Add cornflour to make soup thicker

5. Add fresh cilantro stir and serve hot!
Note: Adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to each bowl served gives extra  flavor to the soup.