RECIPES EN ROUTE 12:
Lamb harira with spices and dates
Lamb harira
with spices and dates
INGREDIENTS – 1 person
- 100 g stewing lamb
- A few coriander leaves
- 40 g cooked chickpeas
- 20 g cooked lentils
- 20 g thick noodles
- 1/2 ripe tomato
- 2 tbsp fried tomato sauce
- 1 stick of celery
- 1/2 red onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1/2 carrot
- 600-800ml approx. of chicken or beef stock
- 6 dates
- 2 tbsp raisins
- 1 teaspoon turmeric, cinnamon, ras el hanout, ground ginger, nutmeg
- 1tbsp chopped parsley
- 6 saffron strands
- Olive oil, salt and black pepper
PASOS A SEGUIR:
Prepare the ingredients:
Season the meat. Chop the onion, carrot and celery. In a mortar, grind the spices with the garlic.
Sofrito:
Gently fry the meat in a pan with a good splash of olive oil. Remove the meat, add the chopped vegetables and gently fry for about 5 mins. Add the meat again, along with the spice mix and garlic from the mortar. Lightly fry for 1 min. Add the chopped tomato, gently fry for 1 min, then add the fired tomato sauce. Add the stock and leave to cook with the lid on for around 25 mins. When the meat starts to become tender, add the lentils, chickpeas, parsley, coriander, saffron, chopped dates and raisins.
Noodles:
Now add the noodles and wait for them to cook, season to taste and it’s ready to eat.
