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Moroccan Harira Soup
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Total Time
1 hr
 
Moroccan Harira Soup
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Moroccan
Servings: 8 Servings
Ingredients
  • 2 T. olive oil
  • 2 onions sliced
  • One 28-ounce can whole tomatoes
  • 1/4 t. ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 t. ground turmeric
  • 1/4 t. ground ginger
  • 1/2 ti 1 t. saffron threads crushed
  • 20 fresh cilantro sprigs
  • 10 fresh flat-leaf parsley sprigs
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 C. orange lentils rinsed and picked over
  • 8 C. water
  • One 15-ounce can garbanzo beans with their liquid
  • One 15-ounce can foul mudammas canned fava beans with their liquid
  • 1/2 C. broken dried thin egg noodles or angel hair pasta
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
  • Cilantro chopped and lemon wedges for garnish)
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in your soup pot over medium high heat. Sauté the onions until they are soft. (Stir the onions as you sauté them to keep them from burning.) Puree tomatoes in your blender or food processor with the ginger, cinnamon, turmeric, saffron, cilantro, parsley, salt and pepper until fairly smooth. Add this mixture to the cooked onions and stir. Bring mixture to a boil and then add the lentils and the water. Cover soup pot and reduce heat to low. Simmer your soup until the lentils are tender. This should take between 30 and 35 minutes. When the lentils are tender, add the canned undrained garbanzo beans and the undrained foul mudammas (canned fava beans) to the pot. Bring the soup back to a low boil. Add the pasta and cook until the pasta is tender. This will take about 6 to 8 minutes. Whisk your egg and slowly swirl it into the hot soup; it will form pretty stands of egg in the soup. Serve garnished with chopped cilantro and lemon wedges.
Recipe Notes

You can find canned fava beans (foul mudammas) at many supermarkets and at virtually every Middle Eastern market.

This soup, as written, is very thick. Thin it to your preference with additional water or broth.