Harira soup

Total: 1 hr 5 min. | Active: 20 min.
lactose-free

Ingredients

for 4 people

Preparation
onions
1 cm ginger
200 g celeriac
Meat
200 g beef rump
  olive oil for frying
½ tsp salt
a little  pepper
1 tbsp white flour
Soup
cinnamon stick
1 sachet saffron
1 tsp ground cumin
½ tsp black peppercorns
2 tbsp tomato puree
1 litre water
1 tin chopped tomatoes (approx. 400 g)
1 tin chickpeas (approx. 240 g)
150 g brown lentils
¾ tsp salt
To serve
4 sprig coriander
½  organic lemon

How it's done

Preparation

Peel and halve the onion, cut into thin slices, peel and finely grate the ginger. Peel the celeriac and cut into approx. 1 cm cubes.

Meat

Cut the meat into approx. 1 cm cubes. Heat a dash of oil in a frying pan. Brown the meat for approx. 2 mins., season, dust with flour, remove from the pan. Reduce the heat, add a dash of oil.

Soup

Sauté the onions, celeriac and ginger for approx. 3 mins. Coarsely crush the pepper, add to the pan along with the cinnamon stick, saffron and cumin, cook for approx. 3 mins. Add the tomato puree and cook briefly.

Pour in the water and tomatoes, bring to the boil. Return the meat to the pan, cover and braise for approx. 20 mins., stirring occasionally.

Drain and rinse the chickpeas, add along with the lentils, cook for approx. 25 mins., stirring occasionally, then season with salt.

To serve

Tear off the coriander leaves, scatter on top. Cut the lemon into wedges, serve with the dish.

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