Vegetarian Harira Soup with Bread

Ingredients

Quantities are for one portion.

• 1celery stalk, diced
• 15 mlolive oil
• 400 mlvegetable stock
• 1onion, finely chopped
• 10 gfresh coriander, chopped
• 1 tspground turmeric
• 1 tspground cumin
• 100 gcanned chickpeas, drained
• 60 gcrusty bread
• 60 gdried brown lentils
• 200 mltomato passata

Method

1. Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat and sauté the onion and celery until softened and lightly golden.
2. Stir in the ground cumin and turmeric, cooking for a minute until fragrant.
3. Pour in the tomato passata and vegetable stock, then add the dried brown lentils to the pot.
4. Bring the soup to a boil, then lower the heat, cover, and simmer for thirty minutes, or until the lentils are completely tender.
5. Stir in the chickpeas and simmer for a final five minutes to heat through.
6. Garnish the thick soup with the chopped coriander and serve hot with the thick slices of crusty bread for dipping.