Post by goodcookin on Mar 11, 2007 11:47:39 GMT -5
Marrakesh Harrira Soup
1/3 c Flour
1/3 c Chick peas
1/3 c Lentils, soaked overnight
1/2 lb Lean lamb or beef diced
2 Large onions, chopped
1/4 ts Saffron
2 tb Paprika
1 tb Ras el Hanout
1 ts cinnamon
1 tb Butter
2 tb Sea Salt
1/2 ts white or black Pepper
1/2 c Dried broad beans
1 1/2 lb Tomatoes (chopped)
1 Bunch parsley (finely chopped)
1 Bunch fresh coriander (finely chopped)
1 Bunch fresh celery (finely chopped)
1/3 c Rice
1 Lemon
1/3 c flour in 1 c water
Brown in lightly oil deep pan lamb, onions, saffron and paprika .. and all the spices. (increase or decrease according to taste). Add 6 cups of water, butter, salt, pepper, chick peas, parsley, coriander, celery. Cook covered for 2 hours over medium heat.
20 mins. before serving, blend with one cup of water the tomatoes, parsley, coriander then add to the sauce pan. Add vermicelli. When the vermicelli is cooked, add 1 T butter and lemon juice. Soup should be elevate; so add water or flour thickening if it is not.
*Note: Lentils may be substituted for chick peas; meat can be chicken; yeast may be used in place of flour and water if the mixture was not made night before; rice may be substituted for vermicelli. A soup served each night at sundown to break the Ramadan Fast.
1/3 c Flour
1/3 c Chick peas
1/3 c Lentils, soaked overnight
1/2 lb Lean lamb or beef diced
2 Large onions, chopped
1/4 ts Saffron
2 tb Paprika
1 tb Ras el Hanout
1 ts cinnamon
1 tb Butter
2 tb Sea Salt
1/2 ts white or black Pepper
1/2 c Dried broad beans
1 1/2 lb Tomatoes (chopped)
1 Bunch parsley (finely chopped)
1 Bunch fresh coriander (finely chopped)
1 Bunch fresh celery (finely chopped)
1/3 c Rice
1 Lemon
1/3 c flour in 1 c water
Brown in lightly oil deep pan lamb, onions, saffron and paprika .. and all the spices. (increase or decrease according to taste). Add 6 cups of water, butter, salt, pepper, chick peas, parsley, coriander, celery. Cook covered for 2 hours over medium heat.
20 mins. before serving, blend with one cup of water the tomatoes, parsley, coriander then add to the sauce pan. Add vermicelli. When the vermicelli is cooked, add 1 T butter and lemon juice. Soup should be elevate; so add water or flour thickening if it is not.
*Note: Lentils may be substituted for chick peas; meat can be chicken; yeast may be used in place of flour and water if the mixture was not made night before; rice may be substituted for vermicelli. A soup served each night at sundown to break the Ramadan Fast.