Harira (Moroccan Lamb Soup)

Name: Harira (Moroccan Lamb Soup)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 lb lamb shoulder, cubed small; 1 cup chickpeas, soaked and cooked; 1 cup brown lentils; 2 cans crushed tomatoes; 1 large onion, diced; 3 celery stalks, diced; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp ginger; 1 bunch cilantro and flat-leaf parsley; juice of 1 lemon; vermicelli noodles optional; flatbread and dates to serve

Hearty Moroccan harira with lamb, chickpeas, lentils, and tomatoes. Simmering the lentils and chickpeas for a full 40 minutes lets them break down slightly and thicken the broth into harira's signature hearty texture.

Total time

75 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Asian

comfort

Ingredients

1 lblamb shoulder, cubed small

1 cupchickpeas, soaked and cooked

1 cupbrown lentils

2 canscrushed tomatoes

1large onion, diced

3celery stalks, diced

1 tspturmeric

1 tspcinnamon

1 tspginger

1 bunchcilantro and flat-leaf parsley

juice of 1 lemon

vermicelli noodlesoptional

flatbread and datesto serve

Instructions

Brown lamb; sauté onion and celery with spices.

Add tomatoes, chickpeas, lentils, and water; simmer 40 min.

Add herbs; cook 10 more min.

Finish with lemon. Serve with bread.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

457

Protein

34.6g

Fat

25.5g

Carbs

22.2g

Fiber

6.2g

Sodium

90mg

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