Harira "Silk" Soup with Meat
Ingredients
- 1 lb meat diced
- 1/2 lb dry chickpeas pre-soaked
- 1/3 cup lentils rinsed
- 1/3 cup dry fava beans
- 3 stalks celery diced
- 1 bunch cilantro finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp saffron
- 2 onions finely chopped
- 5 tomatoes peeled, seeded and diced
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/3 cup vermicelli
- 1 lemon juice only
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 1/2 quarts water
- 1 cup chilled water
Instructions
- Sauté onions and tomatoes in saucepan. Pour into pot and add chickpeas, lentils, fava beans, celery, cilantro, meat and saffron.
- Cover with water, and cook at low heat for 1 hour.
- Dissolve the flour in 1 cup of chilled water. Slowly stir in flour/water mixture into soup. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper.
- Stir vermicelli into the soup and cook covered at low heat for an additional 15 minutes. Served warm.