Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, harira - red lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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 - Red Lentil Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Harira - Red Lentil Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook harira - red lentil soup using 21 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Harira - Red Lentil Soup:
- Make ready 1 large onion (chopped)
- Get 1 large carrot (chopped)
- Take 1/3 cup parsley (finely chopped)
- Make ready 1/2 cup cilantro (finely chopped)
- Take 6 clove garlic (minced)
- Make ready 2 tbsp ginger (finely minced)
- Take 1 tsp turmeric
- Make ready 1 tsp cinnamon
- Get 1 tsp cumin
- Get 1 tsp cayenne
- Get 2 tsp pimentón dulce (or other smoked sweet paprika)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp pepper (or more to taste)
- Get 2 tsp salt (or more to taste)
- Prepare 28 oz diced tomatoes
- Get 1 1/4 cup red lentils (dry)
- Get 8 cup vegetable broth
- Get 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Take side (garnish)
- Make ready 4 limes (cut into small wedges)
- Make ready 1 bunch of cilantro (finely chopped)
- Make ready 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. 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 easy Moroccan Red Lentil Soup recipe is similar to classic harirra but with healthy swiss chard.
Instructions 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.
In a effort to clean out my pantry, I decided to use up my remaining red lentils in a Moroccan harira-like concoction with lots of carrots and red chard mixed in. 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. The national soup of Morocco, this Harira recipe is a total flavor explosion.
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