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How to Make- Harira

Harira is Morocco's famous tomato & lentil soup. It's wonderful comfort food & it's healthy! So let's start out with the ingredients:

• Orange Lentils             (1 1/2 Cup)
• Parsley
• Cilantro(also called Coriander)
• Ginger                        (2 tbsp) 
• Tomato Puree
• Tomato Paste                   (4 tbsp)
• Chicken breasts           ( 3 pieces)
• Orzo pasta/Vermicelli     (1/2 Cup) 
• Lemon Juice                (1 Lemon)
• Onion                         (1 Big) 

Spices

• 1    tsp White Pepper
• 1    tsp salt (then add to whatever you think is good enough)
• 1    tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric
• 1    tsp Cumin

Preparation

- Soak the lentils with hot water so they soften up for 15 minutes then drain them from water

- Chop sprigs of Parsley & Cilantro finely and put them together

- Chop one big onion into small pieces

- Can of Chic peas , drained & rinsed

- Dice 3 medium sized tomatoes and put them in the blender

- Ground ginger

- 3-4 tablespoons of lemon juice

The Making

1. Boil the Chicken in water for 45 minutes. Once the chicken is ready, "Chop" it up & put it aside. Keep the Chicken broth aside, you'll need it.
2. Fry up the onion with oil for few minutes non medium heat
3. Add the lentils into the pot
4. Fry them up until their color changes from orange to yellow ( that should take around 10 minutes)
5. Add the chicken broth & let it boil. Wait 30 minutes till the lentils soften up.

6. Notice the picture above, the lentils should look all mashed up like that.  Hold it with your finger and try to "squish "it. If its soft enough, then it's ready! If it's hard then leave it for some extra time .

7.  Add The tomato puree. If you didn't have tomato puree you can just dice up some tomatoes and put them into a blender. Then add that to the pot.

8. Add Tomato Paste. I got two small cans. They were around 4 Table spoons of Tomato Paste. Stir!

9. Add the chopped Parsley & Cilantro &  Stir some more!

10. Add The ground Ginger

 11. At this point, you can choose to put this mix into a blender to make it more soupy than chunky. I was in a rush when i was doing this so I just left it chunky

12. In a different pan, put orzo and boil it till it's ready. Once done Add it to the Main pot. Add the chopped chicken and the Chic Peas also.

13. Add all spices & let the mixture be. 10 Minutes Later, it's ready to be served!

Bonne Apetite!