Harira - Red Lentil Soup
Harira - Red Lentil Soup

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Beautifully spiced Moroccan lentil soup with red lentils and chickpeas. Super healthy, low-fat, high-protein, easily made vegan. This Moroccan Lentil Soup is hearty, healthy and delicious ~ tender red lentils and chickpeas flavored with warm, fragrant Moroccan spices.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have harira - red lentil soup using 21 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Harira - Red Lentil Soup:
  1. Get 1 large onion (chopped)
  2. Prepare 1 large carrot (chopped)
  3. Get 1/3 cup parsley (finely chopped)
  4. Get 1/2 cup cilantro (finely chopped)
  5. Get 6 clove garlic (minced)
  6. Take 2 tbsp ginger (finely minced)
  7. Prepare 1 tsp turmeric
  8. Prepare 1 tsp cinnamon
  9. Make ready 1 tsp cumin
  10. Get 1 tsp cayenne
  11. Make ready 2 tsp pimentón dulce (or other smoked sweet paprika)
  12. Take 1/2 tsp pepper (or more to taste)
  13. Make ready 2 tsp salt (or more to taste)
  14. Take 28 oz diced tomatoes
  15. Prepare 1 1/4 cup red lentils (dry)
  16. Make ready 8 cup vegetable broth
  17. Make ready 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  18. Take side (garnish)
  19. Make ready 4 limes (cut into small wedges)
  20. Prepare 1 bunch of cilantro (finely chopped)
  21. Get 6 pita breads (or toasted sliced baguette)

Harira is a classic Moroccan comfort soup made of tomatoes, lentils, chickpeas, fresh herbs, dried spices, and meat, making it a filling and satisfying dish. The national soup of Morocco, this Harira recipe is a total flavor explosion. Harira to Morocco is like Boeuf Bourgignon to France in that it's as much a household name as anything. Every child and adult in Morocco is familiar with harira and it's served in practically every home throughout the country.

Steps to make Harira - Red Lentil Soup:
  1. Heat olive oil in large pot or dutch oven. Sauté onion, carrot, parsley and cilantro until caramelized.
  2. Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in the garlic, ginger and all of the spices. Sauté until fragrant; less than a minute.
  3. Add lentils, tomatoes, and broth. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 50 minutes, or until the lentils have cooked thoroughly and soup has thickened. Salt to taste.
  4. Serve with fresh lime wedges, chopped cilantro and toasted bread of your choice.

Red lentils are perfect for weeknights, or whenever you're in a hurry to get a meal on the table. Due to how they're processed, de-husked, and split before packaging, they cook up quicker than any other variety of legumes, although they are slightly lower in fiber than the larger whole. This Moroccan soup has lamb, lentils, chickpeas, noodles, egg and more and is spiced with cinnamon, ginger, cayenne and turmeric. This is the soup that Moroccans traditionally use to break the fast every night of Ramadan. Season with salt, pepper, mint leaves and cinnamon to taste.

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