Harira Soup is a Moroccan stew. I really like Moroccan flavours and this mix did not disappoint. The base of the soup was chicken stock, onion, celery, cumin, turmeric, ginger, tomatoes and "saffron". When I say "saffron" I mean some lurid orange powder of food colouring. Usually the supermarket has some affordable saffron but this week I could only find two options. One was $13 and the other was.....not saffron. I got the 'imitation saffron powder' just because I was so amused with how bright orange it was and that it's even actually on the market. Bizarre.
The soup also had zucchini, pumpkin, sweet potato and silver-beet as well as the previously mentioned lamb shanks. I freshened it up at the end with some coriander, parsley and lemon.
Well done Pete Evans. Well done.
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Oh boy! This was a good one. It's amazing to have a whole bunch of vegetables without feeling like you've been fed a whole bunch of vegetables - I think the shanks saved it from seeming too healthy.
I ate two bowls full and nearly fatally distended my stomach but that is the risk with flavourful healthy food.
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