Moroccan lamb and chickpea soup

4 servings Prep: 10 mins, Cooking: 2 hrs
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A hearty warm soup for Winter.

By Food24 May 18 2012
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Ingredients (14)

30 ml fresh chillies — 573
1 onion — large chopped
10 ml ginger — ground
15 ml cumin — ground
5 ml cinnamon — ground
10 ml coriander — ground
6 saffron — threads
3 celery stalks — chopped
500 g lamb — shoulder or leg, deboned and cubed
2 can tomatoes
2 l water
1 can chickpeas — drained
100 g lentils — brown
125 ml fresh coriander — chopped
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Method:

Heat oil in a large heavy-based pot. Cook onion until soft. Add spices, cook for 2 minutes, stirring all the time.

Add lamb and celery and cook for 3 minutes whilst stirring to coat lamb with the spices.

Add tomatoes and cook for another 2 minutes.

Stir in the water and chickpeas, bring to a boil, simmer covered for about 1½ hours or until the lamb is tender. Stir occasionally.

Stir in lentils, cook for another 30 minutes covered, until the lentils are soft.

Just before serving, stir fresh coriander into soup.

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