Well, if you are from here chances are you had Harira. This is a famous soup that the people here eat every night to break the Ramadan fast. I thought it would be appropriate to share the recipe. If you make it then you will know exactly what this whole country smells like from about 4:00pm until 7:30pm. I am not joking.....I open the door to our apartment and I feel like I just took a bite. Every family eats it everyday, I am not exaggerating. If they don't eat it everyday they are really in the minority. So here you go, you can fit right in.......
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
1/4 cup lentils
2Tbsp chopped parsley
2Tbsp chopped cilantro
1 small chopped onion
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp saffron colorant
three sticks of celery chopped very fine
( it would be great if you could use the leafy part too)
1/2 tsp turmeric
1lb lamb or beef chopped small
2 cubes beef bullion
3 Tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup rice
8 grated tomatoes
salt to taste
1/4 cup flour mixed with 1/2 cup water
Place all the first section of ingredients in a large pot, saute on medium heat for a few minutes. Fill your pot 2/3 of the way full with water. Cook until all ingredients are tender.
Add in rice, tomatoes, and salt*. Cook on low until rice is tender.( You can also add 1/4 cup vermicelli pasta for a fuller soup. )
Finally add flour and water mixture. Simmer for a while longer until all is well blended.
*Add lemon juice to taste for a real authentic taste.
This recipe serves about 6 people.
* salt and lemon are always placed on the table for everyone to add to their personal taste. Harira is usually served needing salt. So don't over do it with the salt in the pot.
Let me be honest....it is good...but to eat it everyday for a month....well....
I mean it is not Papa John's, or MEXICAN FOOD, or even taco bell,or The Cheesecake Factory,or Starbucks, or Applebee's, or Cinnabons,or Cracker Barrel, or even Subway...........Okay, sorry....it has been a while!:)
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