How a simple ingredient of a silky soup brought down a governor.
Let us travel to Morocco today to prepare harira soup, a staple and must have dish during the month of Ramadan. Traditionally, the Moroccans break their fast with a cup of harira soup and a side of dates and a honey-soaked treat called alshubakia.
Some call the harira soup the dish that overthrew the governor of Córdoba, Spain.
How can a silky soup – the word harira in Arabic means silk – do this? Check the video above to learn, and while watching please consider subscribing to our NAM YouTube channel. Once Upon a Recipe is a production of the New Americans Media, an online platform dedicated to immigration news and information.
Here are the ingredients that you will need:
Ingredients:
- 1lb lamb or beef stew meat
- 1 can chickpeas
- 1 cup lentils
- 1 large, sweet onion
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup of vermicelli
- 2 tablespoons of flour
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup of chicken broth
- Warm water as needed
- Vegetable oil
- Fresh chopped parsley
- Fresh chopped cilantro
Spices
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon saffron
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Preparation:
Place meat in a preheated pot with a little oil and sear on all sides. Add onions, lentils, celery, ginger, spices, diced tomatoes, chickpeas, one tablespoon of butter. Add hot water, be generous with it as it will simmer for 45 minutes to one-hour, shorter time if you use pressure cooker, until the meat is tender.
For the last step of the recipe, in a small pan, melt another tablespoon of butter, add vermicelli, and stir until golden. In a small bowl, mix the flour, one cup of chicken stock, tomato paste and saffron. Add vermicelli and the flour mixture to the soup. Lastly, add parsley, cilantro and salt. Stir and boil for another 10 minutes to obtain a homogeneous mixture.
Serve with dates and alshubakia. Enjoy!
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