Moroccan tomato & chickpea soup with couscous

This filling soup is healthy and packed with the flavours of North Africa: harissa, ginger, lemon and coriander

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Barney Desmazery

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Recipe by Barney Desmazery

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Difficulty and servings

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 20 mins

Cook 45 mins

Tip the couscous into a bowl, season with salt and pepper and stir through 1 tbsp of the oil. Pour over enough hot stock just to cover and cover the bowl with cling film and set aside.
Heat the rest of the oil in a saucepan and cook the onion and carrot gently for 8 mins until softened. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 2 mins more then stir in the ras el hanout and harissa and cook for another minute. Pour in the tomatoes and stock and give everything a good stir. Season, add the chickpeas and simmer everything gently for 20 mins until thickened slightly then squeeze over the lemon.
Uncover the couscous and fluff up with a fork. Spoon the soup into bowls, top each with a mound of couscous, scatter with coriander and serve with extra harissa for those who want it.

RAS-EL-HANOUT

Ras el hanout, a North African spice mix, contains cardamom, cinnamon, clove, coriander, cumin, nutmeg, turmeric and black pepper. Find it in larger supermarkets, or use a mix of the spices above.

PER SERVING

265 kcalories, protein 7.3g, carbohydrate 33g, fat 10.4 g, saturated fat 1.4g, fibre 6g, sugar 9.9g, salt 1.2 g

Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, June 2012.

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lili shroom

27 June 2012

lili shroom commented on this recipe

Sounds amazing!! Can't wait to try making this.

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Diane

27 June 2012

Diane rated and commented on this recipe

Made this tonight for lunch tomorrow but had a sneaky cup already. Added a bit more spice and about another tablespoon of harissa. Its so yum. My couscous was Ainsley's spice sensation. Might use a bit more ginger next time and I chopped up my veg in the mini chopper first. I'll be making this time and time again.

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frill

03 July 2012

frill commented on this recipe

I have it on the stove...and it tastes - and smell amazing! :) Unfortunately I couldn't find ras el hanout, used a Moroccan seasoning from ASDA instead!

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Elizado

05 July 2012

Elizado rated and commented on this recipe

really tasty - only served two as a main evening meal

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Sarah

08 July 2012

Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

Wowser I don't know if it was my asda Harris a paste or if I accident put in too much but this blew my head off it was so hot. I'm usually ok with hot food so I must have done something wrong. The rest of the flavours/textures were lovely.

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Anneli

09 July 2012

Anneli rated and commented on this recipe

This is really tasty. Quite spicy so maybe I'll add a dollop of yoghurt next time with it. Looks v similar to this one: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/527628/spiced-tomato-and-couscous-soup- Shame I couldn't search/find this on BBC Good Food - I wonder why not? Also, the ras-el hanout was surprisingly easy to find. My local Morrisons stocked it.

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Frantic Flapjack

10 July 2012

Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

This was really lovely and a bit unusual with the addition of the couscous. I made my own ras-el-hanout as had all the spices in the cupboard. I used a quarter teaspoon of each spice and 4 cardamoms. Didn't have any harissa paste so used a heaped teaspoon of Madras paste. I found the lemon wasn't needed.

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marie-louise

04 October 2012

marie-louise commented on this recipe

Recipe sounds fantastic must try it especially as the evenings are closing in and getting colder!!

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Alimat

09 October 2012

Alimat rated and commented on this recipe

Lovely soup, nice different taste, made the spice mix with 1/2 tsp each of ground cinnamon, coriander, cumin, turmeric and black pepper plus about 1/4 tsp nutmeg, one clove and the seeds from one green cardamom, didn't have fresh ginger so use 1/2 tsp ground, added some celery too as it needed eating up. Didn't have couscous or fresh coriander but fine without - a big hit and nice and easy to make.

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Reluctant publicist

24 October 2012

Reluctant publicist rated and commented on this recipe

Excellent soup!

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buggerzinha

24 October 2012

buggerzinha rated and commented on this recipe

This is an absolutely delicious soup! Let it cook a bit longer to reduce it a bit more. Maybe a little less stock would do instead. Tried it without and with some natural yoghurt - both is lovely! I'm not a big eater but I'd say the amount is for two rather than four portions.

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laurabee

28 November 2012

laurabee rated and commented on this recipe

Lovely authentic tasting soup!!

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buggerzinha

05 January 2013

buggerzinha commented on this recipe

Made this fab soup again tonight. I had some leftover red bell peppers and chestnut mushrooms, so I just put them in, too. Also doubled the amount of chickpeas and tomatoes. Sooo yummie! Will freeze the remains. :) One of my favourite recipes here! Thanks!

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buggerzinha

05 January 2013

buggerzinha commented on this recipe

Made this fab soup again tonight. I had some leftover red bell peppers and chestnut mushrooms, so I just put them in, too. Also doubled the amount of chickpeas and tomatoes. Sooo yummie! Will freeze the remains. :) One of my favourite recipes here! Thanks!

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Austeja

20 January 2013

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plumbjob

16 March 2013

plumbjob rated and commented on this recipe

Just made this for lunch with a few changes to what I had in, so tagine paste instead of Harissa and made up my own ras el hanout. Very tasty though will get the Harissa next time as like a bit more spice. I also blended it before adding the couscous.

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