Test cook Becky Hays makes Bridget the ultimate Harira (Moroccan Lentil and Chickpea Soup).
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44 Comments
This soup is the BOMB!!
Sounds good, it will be in the pan later this week 🙂 Thanks Becky!
Soup looks great. This seems to be more like a French or Italian thick soup. The Moroccan Harrira soup is the queen of the soups. Harrira soup should normally have egg strands (similar to say Chinese Hot and Soup soup). If you are a Vegetarian or Vegan you can skip the egg. They also add cornflour to thicken it up. I was also told to buy celery which is leafy. So if you are in the supermarket, and if you have a choice, go for the leafy celery (the more the better). The pasta they use, is the fine straight strands about 2cm long (finer the spaghetti noodles). Harira is my favourite soup. It is nutrient rich and a meal in itself. The lemon at the end is important and it complements to chickpeas and lentils.
Made this today after seeing the tv show last night. Very good! Will make it again!
Scripted and stilted. Try BA instead.
I really like the spice variety that you used. I feel you sacrifice a lot of flavour using canned chickpeas. Dried cook quite quickly, 20 to 30 minutes depending on how firm you like them. Cooking time can also depend on how long the beans are soaked. Usually overnight soaking is sufficient. I always like to experiment with dishes a little to find a good match for my tastes, and the quality of my ingredients.
Cooking everything in a pressure cooker is possible, you just need to use a similar amount o veggies to continue cooking after it comes off pressure. A little spice adjustment afterwards depending on ingredients can really boost this type of dish to the next level.
Thanks for posting such a hearty simple recipe.
Harira is my favourite Moroccan soup/stew ❣️ well done ladies – this version looks pretty delicious & authentic !!!
I will call this Moroccan Harrira ala Americana!!😀
Does she put any salt
Made this soup yesterday it is absolutely delicious,
Pretty good. I chopped up the chard stems and added them at the beginning with the onion and celery so no waste and no figuring out what to do with them later. 🙂
THAT’S NOT HARIRA
Did the Test Kitchen make a meme joke?
I can't tell if they're being super passive-aggressive or just Canadian.
I am a Moroccan chef! This is far away from Harira Soup! Oh well! I guess you can do whatever you want 🙂 but this is not Harira Soup 🙂
It sounds delicious, I can't wait to cook it for my family! Thank you for the recipe!
Will this be good the second day?
Catch me putting a third of a cup of olive oil in a soup…
You missed the flour thickening.
Great video! My mouth is watering. I'm definitely making this. Thank you
Watched it a second time to make sure…. no one tasted to adjust salt? There's salt in the chickpeas and vegetable broth, but does it need to be tasted for adjustment of salt at the end?
So many wannabe cooks here criticizIng this recipe. LOL! What's that they say, too many cooks spoil the broth? 🤣
U White people destroyed so much. We keep quite but pls leave our food as it is.
This is not harira, everything wrong with this recipe
😝vegetarian with chickerbroth.
Why does every' food' show especially if it's a mideastern or Asian dish now seem to dump in Cilantro-hardly in basically similar soups the same people did yrs ago&aa the Contessa said it takes over&one of the few that have30-40%reaction to it-mine of course is true soap-my NYC Jewish buds ask or keep it out-tiny bits of coriander I have missed in the past for warmth-Please say you can leave it out-people are Google & asking as I did
Thanks for presenting our dishes and making an easy version . Better to taste 👅 it from some Moroccan cuisine . Your version in not bad but looks like curry not a Harira soup 🥣.
Came out a bit bland, really bland actually, so I had to play around with it. It's good, no doubt. Not totally convinced this works best as a veggie dish.
i don't this this soup is bad but don't make a random soup and call moroccan harira this is not even close to real harira you can find real recipes by serching authentic harira recipe in youtube you are spreading misinformation 👎👎
I like it very much from Bangladesh, do U have Maqluba as well?
When did she add the salt?
cooking shows are always telling us to throw away spices… they just get a little less potent, quit wasting your money and the farmer's work!
You can prepare the dried chickpeas in advance and keep them in the freezer until you need them.
Does this freeze well?
I used red lentils (instead of green), rice (instead of orzo), 8 cups of vegetarian broth and only dried herbs. It was AMAZING!!!!
Made this for several friends (good cooks all) and they thought it was great. I loved it!
It looks tasty but this is not harira.
I didnt know harissa was used sparingly. I remember buying a jar of it from the grocery store and eating globs of it at a time on chips
Lol ——->((0:14))). “You naaaame it! You naaaaame it!!” 🎶 🗣🎤. 🤣🤣🤣
If anybody have list of ingredients please let everyone know
Hello! This recipe is amazing and so easy. Thank you America's Test Kitchen. ❤️
Oh god
she forgot the flour .
Becky is so sexy.
You can call this anything you want but Moroccan Harirra.