DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Harira
Also known as: الحريرة, حريرة
Oran-style lamb, vegetable and legume harira with a levain liaison and aromatic spices.
About Harira
Samar Guira's harira oranaise belongs to the family cooking she describes from Oran, Algeria. Lamb, chickpeas and lentils give the soup substance, with a levain liaison contributing its characteristic body and flavour.
Tomato, turnip and carrot form the vegetable base. Coriander and celery provide herbal notes, while cinnamon, caraway, cubeb, ginger and saffron create the aromatic seasoning.
The blended vegetable base surrounds pieces of lamb and chickpeas. Fresh coriander, caraway and lemon juice finish the hot serving, adding fragrance and a bright final note.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Celery.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Harira
Samar Guira's Algerian Oran harira with her levain liaison.
- LambProtein
- Chicken stock cubeSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- TurnipsBase
- CarrotBase
- CourgetteBase · Optional
- OnionAromatic
- Coriander greens and stemsAromatic
- Celery stalksAromatic
- LentilsBaseIngredient page not linked
- Dried chickpeasBase
- TomatoesBase
- Tomato pasteSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Ground cinnamonSeasoning
- CarawaySeasoning
- Cubeb (kebbaba)Seasoning
- GingerSeasoning
- SaffronSeasoning
- Fresh yeastBinder · Optional
- FlourBinder · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- OilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- Lemon juiceFinish
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Lamb: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chicken stock cube: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual176 first chicken option over veal; named prepared stockcube full formula and literal chicken membership unverified, no inferred Celery from cube.
- Turnips: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Carrot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Courgette (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual179 explicit optional even though absent author current batch.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Coriander greens and stems: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual181/203/206 optional stem-infusion and144 final greens, single culinary corianderbunch allocation, no seed invented.
- Celery stalks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Celery source-confirmed. Actual182/203/208 named foodcontact aromatic removed before blending; Celery remains positive.
- Lentils: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Species/colour unprovided.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Dried chickpeas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual184 real prior-day soaked branch over cannedlate option.
- Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual186/193 duplicate same ingredient consolidated.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual187 generic poivre, species unknown.
- Ground cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual188 first powder option, not separate stick.
- Caraway: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual189/210/144 spice and final garnish, anatomical/form unknown.
- Cubeb (kebbaba): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual106/190 first measured half-teaspoon kebbaba option over fewseeds. No literal moulu; form unspecified, same broader cubeb candidate.
- Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual191 no precise form provided, do not silently call root or powder.
- Saffron: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual192/123 source-offered saffron branch;204 author uses turmeric instead, alternate unselected, not fabricated original formula.
- Fresh yeast (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual195 freshyeast levain;371 author expressly permits same Harira without levain with differenttaste. Starter-only allocation optional, standard depicted rendition includes it.
- Flour (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual196 generic farine cereal unprovided; author371 explicit levain omission means starter-only flour optional, no presumed Wheat or safe omission.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual199 starter water plus206 soupwater explicit; main shared water required.
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual201 method-only generic oil species unprovided.
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual144 explicit jusdecitron, also114 atservice.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Algeria
- MauritaniaCatalogue link pending review
- MoroccoCatalogue link pending review
- AlgeriaCatalogue link pending review
- AlgeriaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Algerian Cuisine
- Moorish Mauritanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Algerian Andalusian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Moroccan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Algerian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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