Recipe by Yael Dagan

Soup Filled with Good (Moroccan Harira – Soup with Meat, Chickpeas and Lentils)

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Meat Meat
Easy Easy
4 Servings
Allergens

Contains

- Egg
4 Hours
Diets

A wonderful soup, a full meal in one bowl.

Ingredients

Soup Filled with Good

  • 1/2 cup black lentils

  • 1/2 cup red lentils

  • 1/2 cup brown lentils

  • 1 can chickpeas

  • 1/2 (400-gram) package fine egg noodles (not extra-fine)

  • 1 onion, chopped

  • 500 grams beef, diced

  • 1 small head cabbage, chopped small (or a vacuum package of shredded cabbage)

  • 4 large carrots, grated with the large holes of a box grater

  • 2 medium potatoes, diced

  • 2 large zucchini, diced

  • 3 to 4 stalks celery, diced finely

  • 2 tablespoons chicken soup powder

  • black pepper, to taste

  • 1 teaspoon hawaij for soup

  • a pinch of caraway seed powder

  • salt, to taste

  • canola oil, for sautéing

Directions

Prepare Soup Filled with Good

1.

Soak lentils and chickpeas in water for an hour. Rinse well and drain. Set aside.

2.

Warm the seasonings in a cup of boiling water. Set aside.

3.

Toast the noodles in a little oil in a small frying pan. Set aside.

4.

Prepare this soup in a seven-liter pot. Start frying the chopped onion in oil. Add diced celery and cook until soft. Add the meat pieces and fry for a few minutes. Add the cabbage and carrots and cook, while stirring, for a good few minutes more.

5.

Add the potatoes and zucchini. Add the drained lentils and chickpeas.

6.

Add boiling water to fill the pot three-fourths full. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and cook for two and a half hours.

7.

Add seasonings and toasted noodles only in the last half hour of cooking.

Soup Filled with Good (Moroccan Harira – Soup with Meat, Chickpeas and Lentils)

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esther israel
esther israel
1 year ago

where’s the tomato? this is called tomato soup

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Raquel
Raquel
Reply to  esther israel
1 year ago

There is no tomato in this soup, we removed it from the title 🙂