Video
Harira - Traditional Moroccan Soup
Ingredients
- 2 large tomatoes - peeled and pureed
- 1 onion - chopped
- 1/3 cup of finely chopped cilantro
- 1/3 cup of finely chopped parsley
- 1 celery stick - chopped
- 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 3 teaspoons of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of pepper
- 1 teaspoon of ginger powder
- 1 can of chickpeas (or 1 cup of dry chickpeas soaked in water over night)
- 1/2 cup of lentils (soaked in water for 1 hour)
- 1/3 cup of vermicelli
- 1/3 cup of flour
- 2 liters of water
Directions
Add the tomatoes, onion, cilantro, parsley, celery, butter, salt, pepper, ginger powder, lentils, and water in your cooking pan. Cover the cooking pan and let all the ingredients cook for 45 minutes on medium heat. Stir from time to time.
Note: If you are using dry chickpeas, add them to the other ingredients in step 1. Otherwise, if you are using canned chickpeas, add them towards the end.
Also, if you would like to add meat to the harira, add 1 cup of meat cubes to the other ingredients in step 1.After 45 minutes, add the canned chickpeas and the tomato paste.
Dilute the flour with some water. Slowly pour the flour mixture to the harira while stirring.
Add the vermicelli. Cover and let the harira cook for another 10 minutes.
Serving:
You can serve the harira with dates. Enjoy!
Comments (37)
Hi...
When using canned pureed tomatoes how many cups should I use to make 2 lg tomatoes? Is a 29oz canned puree tomatoes to much?
Thanks, OkcMom
thank you so much madame alia!! or miss alia? :)
She is clearly Madam Alia.
Simply delicious! It's so good I put a link to this recipe on my blog. Bssha (To your health) to all! Thank you for posting it.
Assalaamu alaikoum wa rahmatu Allaahi wa barakaatuhu.
Djazaaki Allaahu khairan Sister Alia, for all your delicious reipes, maashaAllaah.
I really like them, Baarak Allaahu fiki.
Xxxx.
Very delicious!! thanks
Dear Alia, You have made my life a lot easier! jijiji. thank you for your delicious recipes... me, and my husband are very thankful!.
Hi Karina, I am so glad that you and your husband are enjoying the recipes! messages like yours are what keeps me going, I am so happy you guys are having fun making the recipes!
cheers :-)
tbarka allah 3lik allala alia,o saha maborik ramdan
Ramadan moubarak Imad! :-)
Ramadan Mubarak
Thank you so much Alia for this recipe, I was struggling how to make Harira but your way make it seems easier.
Thanks again
salam alekoum barakallah o fik pour tes recettes magnifiques
You are most welcome!
Ramadan mubarak said Alia - thank you for your recipes!
Thank you Jennifer! Ramadan moubarak to you too!
Thank you so much for your recipe. My husbend was craving this soup and he truly enjoyed it this ramadan, he said it was just like his moms! Do you have a recipe for a moroccan dish containing beef, greenbeans in a lemony sauce. I had this dish in Morocco and can not find a recipe for it. I have tried several of your recipes all with success!!!!
I am so glad that you enjoyed the soup! it's my favorite as well. as for the tagine of beef with green beans, you can use this recipe of tagine of beef with green peas, and just switch the green peas with green beans. Also, you can omit the artichokes. Try this for now, and I will work on posting the real recipe of the tagine with green beans! http://cookingwithalia.com/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=117&Itemid=110
Thank you for the recipe
Hello Alia, Ramadan mobarak karim .... Nice to know that clueless people like me still have a chance to learn how to cook. I loved ur receipt and I would love to suggest to add some lemon juice at the end, what do you think ?
Bonne continuation
Hi! I just wanted to say thanks for all the recipes! Now I can myself make more of those delicious dishes my mom use to make and some new ones :D
I like the harira with a little more heat so I usually add a couple of teaspoons of harissa :)
Thanks again and have a nice Ramadan!
You are so welcome Samir! I am so glad that you are enjoying the recipes!
Hello Alia! I just want to say thank you soooo much for this recipe (and for all your others)! This was only the second time I attempted harira...the first time it turned out pretty bad, then I found your website :-) I served it for ftour tonight for my husband and a couple others and it was a hit. I am no longer afraid to make it :-) Thanks again!
Hi Jess,
I am so happy that you are not 'afraid' of harira - cooking should not be scary! My whole goal is to show to the world that Moroccan cooking is easy and that anyone can do it. So I am very very happy to receive your message. Way to go!
Hmmm...bland compared what I'm used to. How about the chile pepper, tumeric, and the cinnamon?
Hi Alia,
Love your show. Gonna try your harira recipe. This recipe serves how many people?
Thanks,
Christine
Hi Christine, I am so happy you are enjoying the recipes. This harira will serve at least 5 people.
Alia, we just returned from Morocco and I loved this soup - what is the cup amount of tomatoes, and what type lentils did you use, brown, green, red?
thank you for you help.
not sure about the cup amount, just choose 2 large tomatoes (not beef tomatoes) just normal tomatoes. you'll be fine. the lentils are brown.
Had this at a rest in Hollywood it was so good can not wait to make at home.So many good for you ingred.
I have had and made a similar harira, but with caraway powder and cinnamon. (Add at the beginnig and end)
I think Caraway is essential for that special harira taste.
Alia, please help!
How can I adjust this recipe to cook for a large group (approximately 60 people). I want to share harira for the iftar (breaking the fast during Ramadan) at our local mosque. I don't want my harira to be a flop and I don't really have time or money to experiment beforehand.
Thanks for your assistance.
wow that's tricky. I would really encourage you to just try it once at least before cooking it for other people. Also what I do when I cook for large quantities, is actually cook the same recipe multiple times instead of multiplying - it's much easier. I would just cook this recipe 3 or 4 times in separate batches. but seriously, try it once before.
I mean try the recipe as is once before (not for 60 people).
i miss Moroccan harira and msammen , thanks to your recipes I will try to make them tomorrow inchallah for the 1st day of ramadan , thank you very much Alia !! me and my Tunisian family are very grateful to you
salam alia,
ramadan karim. en tbarkallah 3lik.
I have a question. Is that a normal cooking pain you use for harira?
yeah, just a normal pot - here is another recipe of harira I recently made: http://cookingwithalia.com/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=198&Itemid=110
thank you alia for the recipe of amlo i tried it it's waw