Hasa Al Hummus Moroccan Chickpea Soup
hasa al hummus is a wonderful moroccan vegetarian soup for a comforting winter warmer. morocco adores her soups though there are not a million varieties. many recipes online may taste good though are faux or moroccan "style" soups. i can guarantee that from me what you get is completely authentic moroccan fare. i owe this to those interested in moroccan food/cooking that is authentic. this is a very simple basic soup as most moroccan foods are. go to a touristy, especially a fancy one, spot and you will get french food with moroccan influences; not how we eat every day. we eat moroccan food perhaps with a french influence or two though never vice versa. my housemaid nasiha who is approximately 60 taught me this recipe. i say approximately as many in morocco do not know their birthday. whip this up like we do and enjoy! in a pinch you can use canned chickpeas. they are acceptable, merely omit the first cooking hour. as an aside, here, hummus is the word for chickpea, not the dip/spread.
Ingredients
- dried garbanzo beans
- water
- vegetable oil
- onions
- tomatoes
- garlic cloves
- hot pepper
- fresh coriander
- flat leaf parsley
- salt
- fresh black pepper
- lemon
- sweet paprika
- ground turmeric
Preparation
- 1in a soup pot combine the chickpeas and water and bring to a rolling boil
- 2cover , reduce heat to medium and cook 1 hour
- 3while the beans are cooking , heat the oil in a skillet and saut the onions , garlic , and hot pepper until they barely take on color
- 4very slightly browned
- 5add the mixture and the remainder of the ingredients to the soup pot and simmer 1 hour or until the chickpeas are soft
- 6you don\
- 7bite
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