Harira - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
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Protein
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Carbs
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Recipe by /contributors/jeff-koehler
Harira is Morocco's best-known, and best-loved, soup. Families eat this herb-rich, tomato-based soup year-round. During Ramadan, however, it's obligatory, and pots of the soup simmer away in kitchens across the countr
Ingredients
- 1 lb/455 g stewing beef, cut into 1/2-in/12-mm cubes
- 1 cup/170 g finely chopped celery stalks, tender green parts and leaves only
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1/3 cup/15 g loosely packed, finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/3 cup/15 g loosely packed, finely chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 Tbsp butter, smen, or olive oil
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Two 14-oz/410-g cans peeled whole tomatoes, seeded and puréed with all the juices
- 3 Tbsp tomato paste
- 1 cup/170 g canned chickpeas, rinsed
- 1/4 cup/30 g all-purpose flour
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 oz/30 g vermicelli or angel hair pasta, broken into 3/4-in/2-cm lengths
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges
- 12 dates, preferably mejhoul
- 12 dried figs
Instructions
- In a large soup pot, put the meat, celery, onion, parsley, cilantro, butter, ginger, and cinnamon. Season with salt and plenty of pepper. Cover with 6 cups/1. 5 L water, stir well, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 1 hour.
- Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, and chickpeas, and stir in 1 1/2 cups/360 ml water. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan over low heat, warm 1 cup/240 ml water and whisk in the flour and lemon juice. Remove from the heat, let sit for 10 minutes, and then whisk again.
- Add the flour mixture to the soup in a slow but steady stream while continually stirring. Cook, stirring frequently to avoid any sticking, for 10 minutes. Sprinkle in the vermicelli and cook until the pasta is tender, about 5 minutes. The texture of the soup should be velvety.
- Serve in bowls with lemon wedges on the side and with the dates and figs on a small platter.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon.
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