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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. Harira looms large in Moroccan culture, often served at weddings and other celebrations, but the soup practically unites all of Morocco during the holy month of Ramadan.
Harira - Red Lentil Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Harira - Red Lentil Soup is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook harira - red lentil soup using 21 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Harira - Red Lentil Soup:
- Make ready 1 large onion (chopped)
- Make ready 1 large carrot (chopped)
- Get 1/3 cup parsley (finely chopped)
- Get 1/2 cup cilantro (finely chopped)
- Prepare 6 clove garlic (minced)
- Get 2 tbsp ginger (finely minced)
- Make ready 1 tsp turmeric
- Get 1 tsp cinnamon
- Get 1 tsp cumin
- Make ready 1 tsp cayenne
- Take 2 tsp pimentón dulce (or other smoked sweet paprika)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp pepper (or more to taste)
- Take 2 tsp salt (or more to taste)
- Prepare 28 oz diced tomatoes
- Make ready 1 1/4 cup red lentils (dry)
- Get 8 cup vegetable broth
- Make ready 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare side (garnish)
- Make ready 4 limes (cut into small wedges)
- Get 1 bunch of cilantro (finely chopped)
- Get 6 pita breads (or toasted sliced baguette)
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. Harira is a traditional Moroccan soup of tomato, lentils and chickpeas. Wonderfully fragrant with zesty seasoning, it often ranks high on lists of must-try Moroccan foods.
Steps to make Harira - Red Lentil Soup:
- Heat olive oil in large pot or dutch oven. Sauté onion, carrot, parsley and cilantro until caramelized.
- Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in the garlic, ginger and all of the spices. Sauté until fragrant; less than a minute.
- 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.
- Serve with fresh lime wedges, chopped cilantro and toasted bread of your choice.
Harira is a traditional Moroccan soup of tomato, lentils and chickpeas. Wonderfully fragrant with zesty seasoning, it often ranks high on lists of must-try Moroccan foods. 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.
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