North African Spiced Soup
From minitindel 15 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Classically known as Harira, this soup is often served in the evening during Ramadan, the Muslim Religious Festival when followers fast during the daytime for a month........
Ingredients
- 1- large onion, chopped shopping list
- 5- cups vegetable stock shopping list
- 1- teaspoon ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1- teaspoon turmeric shopping list
- 1- tablespoon grated ginger shopping list
- Pinch of cayenne pepper shopping list
- 2- carrots , diced shopping list
- 2- celery sticks, diced shopping list
- 1- ( 14 ounce) can chopped tomatoes or fresh…… shopping list
- 1- pound of potatoes floured- diced shopping list
- 5- strands saffron shopping list
- 1- ( 14 ounce) can chickpeas drained shopping list
- 2- tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro shopping list
- 1- tablespoon lemon juice shopping list
- Salt and pepper to taste shopping list
- Fried wedges of lemon to serve shopping list
How to make it
- Place the chopped onion in a large pot with 1 1/4- cups of the vegetable stock
- Bring the mixture to a boil and simmer gently for about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix together the cinnamon, turmeric, ginger, cayenne pepper and 2 tablespoon of the stock to form a paste
- Stir into the onion mixture with the carrots, celery and remaining stock….
- Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat, then cover and gently simmer for 5 minutes…..
- Add the tomatoes and potatoes and simmer gently, covered for 20 minutes
- Add the saffron, chickpeas, cilantro and lemon juice.
- Season to taste and when piping hot serve with fried wedges of lemon and your favorite crusty bread ………
- Serves 6
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
Have to give this a try. Sounds great. Thanks
dragonwings647
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One word. YUMMY!!
turtle66
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I love it when you take a break from sweets and submit something like this fantastic soup! Sounds absolutely delicious! Printed this out and will try very soon!
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