Moroccan harira

Tried a new soup recipe, its full of flavour as it uses spices. Love it! Recipe adapted from BBC Good Food.:

Ingredients

• 1-2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  
• 2 large onions
  
  , finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 tsp turmeric
  
• 2 tsp cumin
  
• ½ tsp cinnamon
  
• 2 red chillies, deseeded and sliced
• 500g carton passata
• 1.7l reduced-salt vegetable bouillon
• 175 dried green lentils
• 2 carrots
  
  , chopped into small pieces
• 1 sweet potato
  
  , peeled and diced
• 5 celery sticks, chopped into small pieces
• 2/3 small pack coriander, few sprigs reserved, the rest chopped
• 1 lemon
  
  , cut into 4 wedges, to serve

• Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large non-stick sauté pan over a medium heat and fry the onions and garlic until starting to soften. Tip in the spices and chilli, stir briefly, then pour in the passata and stock. Add the lentils, carrots, sweet potato and celery, and bring to the boil.
  2. Cover the pan and leave to simmer for 30 mins, then cook uncovered for a further 5-10 mins until the vegetables and lentils are tender. Stir in the chopped coriander and serve in bowls with lemon wedges for squeezing over, and the reserved coriander sprinkled over.

     

     Moroccan harira

     
     
     
     
     
     

Farewell Chiki!

My dear dog Chiki passed away on 5 December 2018 after 16 beautiful and loyal years with us. It pains the heart even more as we were away during that day. Mum was the one who called the vet who came to take her to the clinic on 4 Dec, as she was very weak as she had a few rounds of diarrhea and refused to eat her food. 

The vet called the next day saying she had passed on. We were told Chiki had a few complications on the heart liver and cancer growth. Age was another factor that took its toll on her health as well. Keat was also away so mum waited till 7 December before Chiki was transported back to us. Dad, mum and Keat burried Chiki at the back of Mum in law's house. There lies our dearest Chiki. 

Rest in peace my dearest pal!