CHICKPEA HARIRA

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Categories     Ramadan     Chickpea

Yield serves 6 to 8

Number Of Ingredients 18

1 cup dried chickpeas
8 cups water
3 tomatoes, diced
1/4 cup chopped celery leaves
1 onion, finely diced
6 whole cloves
1-inch piece cinnamon stick
1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon saffron threads
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Salt to taste
1/2 cup Greek-style yogurt

Steps:

  • Throughly rinse the chickpeas and place them in the slow cooker insert along with the water, tomatoes, celery leaves, and onion. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, or until the chickpeas are tender.
  • In an electric coffee mill or a mortar and pestle, grind the cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns, cumin, saffron, and red pepper flakes to a powder. Add the ground turmeric.
  • Add the spices to the soup 1 to 2 hours before serving. (If you plan to be gone all day, you can add all the ingredients at the start. However, the spices will be just a bit more pungent if you hold off adding them until the chickpeas have cooked for a while.)
  • Just before serving, stir in the olive oil, parsley, cilantro, and lemon juice. Add salt to taste and serve, topping each serving with a dollop of yogurt.
  • Suggested Beverage
  • Consumption of alcohol is generally not encouraged by Muslim religious practices, so it's probably best to leave this one to your imagination or taste.

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