Grown-up tomato soup with noodles
When I was a kid, tomato soup with Maggi noodles was a big treat, especially on a cold winter’s night like tonight. Well, I’m a little older now, so thought I’d create something with a bit more flavour and of course Opti suitable. I thought of Harira soup, something that gets left on my doorstep by neighbors at Ramadan time. So, here it is, in all its bright red glory. Just waiting to be eaten.
Bubbling away !
Grown-up tomato soup with noodles
2015-07-30 04:42:10
Serves 6
This is inspired by the recipe for "Harira", a traditional soup that is eaten to break the fast of Ramadan. It is usually filled with legumes (and/or meat), but this one is intensive suitable. It is Moroccan in flavour but is also reminiscent of eating tomato soup and noodles as a kid. Great winter comfort food, very filling indeed.
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 20 min
Ingredients
- 4 tbs olive oil
- 1 tbs fresh ginger, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 onions, diced
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 sticks celery, diced
- 1 litre vegetable stock
- 6 carrots chopped
- pinch saffron threads
- 1 tbs paprika
- ½ red chilli, finely diced
- 1 tbs ground cumin
- juice of 1 lemon
- 800 g crushed canned tomatoes low salt
- 1 sml tin or 2 sachets of tomato paste
- 1 bunch flat leaf parsley, washed and chopped
- 1 bunch coriander, washed and chopped
- 150 g zucchini noodles (spiralised or peeled zucchini)
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large pot and fry the ginger, garlic, onions, bay leaves and celery until they soften.
- Add 2 cups of stock and carrots and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add the saffron threads, paprika, chilli, cumin, tomatoes, tomato paste, lemon juice, salt, pepper and the remaining stock. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the parsley and coriander to the soup, stiring constantly.
- Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Blitz to a creamy consistency, leaving chunks of carrot if you like it a bit chunkier.
- In your serving bowls place a handful of your zucchini noodles. Ladle soup over the top, mix a little (this will cook the noodles) & garnish with some coriander.
- Then eat and enjoy !
Notes
- You can substitute the zucchini noodles for 1 pkt Slendier Angel Hair pasta. Cook pasta as per instructions then place at bottom of serving bowl as per instructions above. I don't recommend you add the entire pkt to the soup then refrigerate or freeze as they will go rubbery and inedible. Just add at the last minute to your serving.
- You can use Masterfoods or other Middle Eastern spice mix as a substitute for the paprika, cumin & chilli.
Adapted from BBC Good Food
Adapted from BBC Good Food
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