The Falafel Recipes Kitchen (The home of Falafel Recipes & Middle Eastern Food recipes) invites you to try Easy Moroccan Harira recipe. Enjoy cooking delicious Middle Eastern food and learn how to make Easy Moroccan Harira.
This traditional soup is thickened with a tadouira—a mixture of flour, tomato paste, and cilantro—and served with lemon wedges. Because of the vermicelli, the soup may thicken when cooled—simply add a little more water or broth when reheating.
Ingredient list
Serves 8
Harira
1/2 cup green lentils
1 Tbs. olive oil
1 large onion, chopped (2 cups)
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1 cinnamon stick
1 15-oz. can chopped tomatoes, drained, liquid reserved
2 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
1 15-oz. can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup vermicelli
Lemon wedges, for garnish
Tadouira
2 Tbs. all-purpose flour
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
2 Tbs. lemon juice
1 Tbs. tomato paste
Directions
1. To make Harira: Cook lentils in pot of boiling salted water 2 minutes. Drain.
2. Heat oil in large pot over medium heat. Add onion, parsley, cilantro, ginger, and cinnamon; sauté 5 minutes, or until onion is soft. Stir in tomatoes, and sauté 5 minutes more.
3. Stir in broth, chickpeas, lentils, reserved tomato liquid, and 3 cups water. Season with salt and pepper, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 45 minutes, or until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally.
4. To make Tadouira: Whisk flour with 1 cup water in bowl. Whisk in cilantro, lemon juice, and tomato paste. Stir Tadouira and vermicelli into Harira, and cook 3 minutes, or until noodles are soft. Serve with lemon wedges.
Vegetarian Times Issue: January 1, 2008 p.82
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