Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, harira - red lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Beautifully spiced Moroccan lentil soup with red lentils and chickpeas. Super healthy, low-fat, high-protein, easily made vegan. This Moroccan Lentil Soup is hearty, healthy and delicious ~ tender red lentils and chickpeas flavored with warm, fragrant Moroccan spices.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook harira - red lentil soup using 21 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Harira - Red Lentil Soup:

1. Get 1 large onion (chopped)
2. Prepare 1 large carrot (chopped)
3. Take 1/3 cup parsley (finely chopped)
4. Take 1/2 cup cilantro (finely chopped)
5. Prepare 6 clove garlic (minced)
6. Get 2 tbsp ginger (finely minced)
7. Prepare 1 tsp turmeric
8. Make ready 1 tsp cinnamon
9. Make ready 1 tsp cumin
10. Take 1 tsp cayenne
11. Get 2 tsp pimentón dulce (or other smoked sweet paprika)
12. Take 1/2 tsp pepper (or more to taste)
13. Get 2 tsp salt (or more to taste)
14. Make ready 28 oz diced tomatoes
15. Take 1 1/4 cup red lentils (dry)
16. Get 8 cup vegetable broth
17. Take 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
18. Make ready side (garnish)
19. Prepare 4 limes (cut into small wedges)
20. Make ready 1 bunch of cilantro (finely chopped)
21. Take 6 pita breads (or toasted sliced baguette)

Harira is a classic Moroccan comfort soup made of tomatoes, lentils, chickpeas, fresh herbs, dried spices, and meat, making it a filling and satisfying dish. Red lentils are perfect for weeknights, or whenever you're in a hurry to get a meal on the table. Due to how they're processed, de-husked, and split before packaging, they cook up quicker than any other variety of legumes, although they are slightly lower in fiber than the larger whole. Moroccan lentil soup (aka Harira) is a nutritious low carb soup, stuffed with legumes and veggies!

Instructions to make Harira - Red Lentil Soup:

1. Heat olive oil in large pot or dutch oven. Sauté onion, carrot, parsley and cilantro until caramelized.
2. Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in the garlic, ginger and all of the spices. Sauté until fragrant; less than a minute.
3. Add lentils, tomatoes, and broth. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 50 minutes, or until the lentils have cooked thoroughly and soup has thickened. Salt to taste.
4. Serve with fresh lime wedges, chopped cilantro and toasted bread of your choice.

The soup is enriched with healthy and taste giving You will need legumes, red lentils and chickpeas (garbanzo beans), for this soup. I use only dried lentils and chickpeas, not the canned stuff and I. The national soup of Morocco, this Harira recipe is a total flavor explosion. Harira to Morocco is like Boeuf Bourgignon to France in that it's as much a household name as anything. Every child and adult in Morocco is familiar with harira and it's served in practically every home throughout the country.

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