🇲🇦 Moroccan

Chickpeas Harira

Name: Chickpeas Harira
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 33 min
Total time: 43 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 300 ml Tomato Puree; to taste Salt; 1, diced Onion; 3 cloves, minced Garlic; 2 cans Chickpeas; small handful Fresh Cilantro; 1 tbsp Olive Oil; 150 g Lentils; 1 litre Stock or Broth; 80 g Vermicelli; 1/2 tsp Ras el Hanout

🇲🇦 Moroccan

Gentle simmered chickpeas in a fragrant broth, finished with fresh herbs — the moroccan answer to "something light tonight". 43 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 10 min Cook 33 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Tomato Puree300 ml
Saltto taste
Onion1, diced
Garlic3 cloves, minced
Chickpeas2 cans
Fresh Cilantrosmall handful
Olive Oil1 tbsp
Lentils150 g
Stock or Broth1 litre
Vermicelli80 g
Ras el Hanout1/2 tsp

Instructions

1
Sweat the onion in the Olive Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.
2
Add the garlic and ras el hanout and cook for 30 seconds more.
3
Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the chickpeas.
4
Simmer gently until the chickpeas is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.
5
Ladle into warm bowls and top each with fresh cilantro and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of lemon just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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