HARIRA

HARIRA

From Morocco

Thanks to my friends Mina

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INGREDIENTS:

• ½ small onion
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 1 dessert spoon salt
• ½ to 1 tbs pepper depending on taste
• 1 tsp dried chives
• 3 tbs tomato puree
• handful dried split broad beans (washed)
• ½ large bunch coriander
• ½ cup green lentils
• small handful broken spaghetti
• 2 tbs rice
• 2 tbs flour mixed with ½ cup hot water
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• tin chick peas

PREPARATION:

Chop onion fairly small and put in pan with 1 pint of water and 2 tbs olive oil.  Add 1 dessert spoon of salt and 1 tbs pepper (or to taste).  Next add 1 tsp chopped dried chives and ½ cup lentils and 3 tbs tomato puree and bring to simmering point.  Add the broad beans (dried) and the coriander and ½ pint water.  Leave to simmer for about 10 minutes.

Then add small handful of spaghetti broken into 1 inch pieces and 2 tbs rice and leave for a further 5-10 minutes.  Then add the flour and water mixture and the lemon juice and add further water (say 1 pint and more salt and pepper if necessary).

Leave for 5-10 minutes and then add the tin of pre-cooked chick peas.

Leave for a further 10 mins or so to cook and then turn the heat source off but keep on stove and allow to reduce further.

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