🇲🇦 Morocco
Harira
Every Moroccan Ramadan opens with harira, dates, and chebakia — the smell is the athan's echo.
🔪 Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 45 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
Thickened with tadouira (flour whisked in) and brightened with celery, coriander, and lemon.
Ingredients
- 200 glamb, small dice (optional)
- 150 glentils
- 150 gcooked chickpeas
- 500 mltomato passata
- 1 bunchcelery, parsley, coriander
- 1 tspginger and turmeric
- 3 tbspflour (tadouira)
- 50 gvermicelli or rice
Method
- 1
Sweat the meat with herbs and spices, add tomato, lentils, and water; simmer.
- 2
Add chickpeas and vermicelli near the end.
- 3
Whisk flour into cold water and stream in, stirring, until silky.
- 4
Serve with lemon, dates, and chebakia on the side.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6