Recipe: Tasty Harira Soup

Harira Soup.

You can have Harira Soup using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Harira Soup

1. You need 1 of medium onion (grated).
2. Prepare 2 of tomatoes (seedless, peeled and grated).
3. Prepare 1 cup of celery (chopped).
4. You need 1 cup of parsley and coriander (chopped).
5. You need 200 grams of meat (cut into small pieces).
6. Prepare 1 cup of chickpeas (soaked overnight).
7. It's 1 cup of lentils.
8. You need 1 cup of dried fava beans (optional).
9. Prepare 3 tablespoons of tomato paste.
10. Prepare 3 tablespoons of rice or vermicelli pasta.
11. Prepare 1 cup of flour.
12. You need to taste of Salt.
13. You need 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper (according to preference).
14. Prepare 1 tablespoon of ginger (grated).
15. It's 1 tablespoon of turmeric powder.
16. It's 1 pinch of saffron.
17. It's 3 tablespoons of ghee or butter, or 3 spoons of olive oil.
18. Prepare 3 liters of water.

Harira Soup step by step

1. Soak chickpeas in water overnight. (Keep or remove skin according to preference). In a cooking pot, add ghee or oil, onions and meat and stir fry for 3 minutes..
2. In a cooking pot, add ghee or oil, onions and meat and stir fry for 3 minutes. Add celery, coriander, parsley, beans, tomatoes, saffron, salt, pepper and dry fava beans (optional). Mix and keep stirring for another 3 mintues.
3. Add 3 L of water and let it cook until meat and chickpeas are tender enough..
4. In a separate bowl, mix flour and water until you get a slightly thick and smooth batter. Leave a side..
5. Make sure the meat is cooked through. Add tomato paste to the soup and mix well..
6. Gradually add the flour smooth batter to the soup, keep stirring nonstop for 10 minutes. Make sure to mix very well to avoid flour lumps from forming. (Very important step)..
7. Add rice or vermicelli pasta and let it simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes..
8. Serve along with dates and chebakia sweet.