Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, moroccan lentil & chickpea soup(harrira). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook moroccan lentil & chickpea soup(harrira) using 17 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Moroccan Lentil & Chickpea Soup(Harrira):
- Take 3 big Tomatoes
- Make ready 1/2 cup red Lentil (Masoor dal)
- Take 1/2 cup boiled Chick peas
- Make ready 1/3 rd cup boiled red Kidney beans
- Make ready 1 medium sized Onion chopped
- Get 1/2 teaspoon Garlic paste
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Tomato paste
- Get 1 teaspoon Black Pepper powder
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon dry Ginger powder
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Coriander powder
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Cumin powder
- Prepare 1 pinch Saffron colour
- Get 2 tablespoons Olive oil
- Make ready 1/2 of a Lemon
- Prepare 5-6 Coriander stem chopped
- Prepare 1 handful Coriander leaves chopped
- Prepare 2 teaspoons All purpose flour
Steps to make Moroccan Lentil & Chickpea Soup(Harrira):
- Take 3 tomatoes and give 2 slits in one side the tomatoes and then blanched in boiling water for 3-4 minutes.
- Clean and soak lentils in water for about an hour.
- Remove the blanched tomatoes to a dish and then remove the skin of the tomatoes. Because of the slits it will be easy to peel the skin.
- Chop the blanched and peeled tomatoes.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil to a heavy bottomed saucepan and saute chopped onion for 2-3 minutes.
- When the onion changes colour to pink, add in 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste and saute for one more minute. Then add in the soaked and drained lentils.
- Stir for a couple of minutes in medium heat and then add in spices like black pepper powder, cumin-coriander powder, dry ginger powder and salt.
- Stir and fry for a minute, then add in 3 cups of hot water. Cover and cook in medium heat until lentils cook completely.
- Chop coriander stems and leaves thinly.
- When lentils cook completely, add in the chopped tomatoes and chopped coriander stems.
- Cover and cook again for 5 minutes and then add in boiled chick peas and boiled kidney beans.
- Also add in tomato paste and a pinch of saffron colour for a nice colour.
- Mix everything well, check the consistency and seasoning of the soup. Add hot water if you think the consistency should be thin.
- Take 2 teaspoons of all-purpose flour with 2 tablespoons of hot water and mix well.
- Add in this mixture to the soup and stir well. This will help to make the soup a nice consistency.
- Squeeze 1/2 of a lemon.
- Cook for 2 more minutes, sprinkle chopped coriander leaves and remove from heat. Delicious and healthy Harrira soup is ready to serve.
- Transfer to individual serving bowls and serve hot.
- Enjoy!
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