Harira

The widely popular Moroccan soup called “Harira” is what you’ll smell in the afternoons of Ramadan in Morocco. With this hearty soup the majority of Moroccans break their fast; usually it comes second to drinking milk or water & eating few dates as it’s recommended in sunnah (the teachings of our prophet). Yummy I love milk & dates!! They’re just the right combination; & taste really good with this soup as well! Yumzzzz. The only thing I used to hate is that my mother used to serve it blazing hot & I hated it so much, because that means sitting there & waiting for it to get cool 😦 but soups are supposed to be hot & you’re supposed to watch it & die while waiting lol

It’s also worth noting that this soup is served also in winter nights to make you warm!

To make this wonderful soup, you’ll need:

100g of beef cut into cubes

1 chopped onion

60g of chickpeas

60g of lentils

50g celery

40g parsley / coriander

2 tsp of ginger (fresh preferably)

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

A pinch of cinnamon

A pinch of safran

2 mashed tomatoes

3 tbsp of tomato paste

1 tbsp of butter or ghee

Half a liter of hot water

3 tbsp of flour

180 ml water ( about 1 cup)

– Heat the butter or ghee, add the onion,meat, chickpeas, lentils, mashed tomatoes,

add all the spices, celery, and stir all together. Add the hot water & cover your pot

or pan for about 45 min or until the chickpeas & the meat is cooked. Once done,

add the tomato paste & keep stir for 10min. In a bowl whisk the flour with the

cup of water (shouldn’t have any lumps) & add it to the soup while stiring bring

it to a boil, then turn the heat to medium low. let it cook for another 10 min.

At the end add the coriander & parsley (chopped).

Serve it with dates & chabakia, it tastes even better 🙂

P.S: Some people add a little bit of rice or vermicelli just after adding the tomato

paste. And also an egg in the last boil, but I don’t like mine with vermicelli nor eggs!

Enjoy!

Ah! one last thing we drink this usually with a wooden spoon, but I don’t have them

with me..