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Harira

Lentil and chickpea soup thickened with flour, with a date on the side.

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Thickened with tadouira

75 minutes · serves 6 · Medium

What you need

  • 150g brown lentils
  • 1 tin chickpeas
  • 2 onions, grated
  • 3 celery sticks, chopped fine
  • 1 tin chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • Large bunch coriander and parsley
  • 3 tbsp plain flour
  • 100ml water
  • Lemon
  • Dates, to serve

What you do

  1. 1Soften the onion and celery in oil with all the spices for 8 minutes.
  2. 2Tomatoes, purée, lentils and 1.5 litres water. Simmer 35 minutes.
  3. 3Chickpeas and most of the herbs in. Another 15 minutes.
  4. 4Whisk the flour into the cold water until completely smooth — this is the tadouira.
  5. 5Pour it into the simmering soup in a thin stream, stirring the whole time, and cook 10 minutes more until it turns velvety.
  6. 6Lemon juice and the rest of the herbs at the end. A date on the side, which is not optional in Ramadan and is a good idea anyway.

Without the flour

50 minutes · serves 4 · Very easy

What you need

  • Lentils
  • Chickpeas
  • Tomato
  • Celery
  • Onion
  • Turmeric
  • Coriander
  • Lemon

What you do

  1. 1Same soup, unthickened.
  2. 2Blitz a ladleful and stir it back in if you want body without the flour.