# Harira Soup

- Cuisine: Moroccan
- Category: Soup
- Difficulty: easy
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- splash olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 celery, chopped
- 3 garlic, pressed
- 1 tomato paste
- 1 powdered ginger
- 1 turmeric powder
- 1 ground cumin
- 1 red pepper flakes
- 1 pinch saffron
- 1 cinnamon
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 can crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup green lentils, rinsed, dried
- 1 can chickpeas, canned or cooked
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper
- celery leaves, freshly chopped
- parsley, freshly chopped
- cilantro, freshly chopped
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 handful pasta (optional)

## Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a large pot, add chopped onion and celery, and sauté for 4 minutes until translucent.
2. Add pressed garlic, tomato paste, powdered ginger, turmeric, ground cumin, red pepper flakes, a pinch of saffron, and cinnamon; toast the spices for 1 minute until fragrant.
3. Add vegetable broth, crushed tomatoes, rinsed green lentils, chickpeas, salt, and black pepper. Stir well, then simmer until the lentils are cooked.
4. Stir in freshly chopped celery leaves, parsley, and cilantro.
5. Mix flour with water in a separate container to create a slurry and stir it into the soup.
6. Add the pasta to the soup.

## Equipment

- large pot
- wooden spoon
- garlic press
- mesh strainer
- measuring cup

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDuS2QrR/
- Creator: nico.recipes
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ffadf6d3-6a95-4361-b6a2-c20b6fe7e290
- Extracted: 2026-08-22

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