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Moroccan Harira – Tomato, Lentil and Chickpea Soup with Herbs
Fragrant Moroccan soup with tomatoes, lentils, chickpeas, and a tangle of fresh herbs — the soup that breaks the Ramadan fast.
⏱ 80 min🔥 260 kcalEasy
★4.8(12,700)
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Moroccan Lentils Recipes
12 recipes using lentils — Tagines, couscous and the fragrant spice blends of the Maghreb.
These 12 moroccan lentils recipes are ready in about 91 minutes on average, with 260–620 kcal per serving, and 42% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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91 min
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376 kcal
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easy recipes
How Moroccan cuisine cooks with lentils
Moroccan cooking layers warm spice with sweet-savoury contrast — slow tagines that melt meat and vegetables into fragrant, deeply spiced stews. When Moroccan cooks work with lentils, they reach for cumin, coriander, ginger, saffron, preserved lemon and ras el hanout, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, sautéing and caramelising.
Quick-cooking pulses that bring earthy heartiness and plant protein to soups, dals, stews and salads. In this collection it's most often cooked with ground ginger, olive oil, tomato paste, ground turmeric, onion and celery. The dishes here span moroccan classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Harira (Moroccan Tomato-Lentil Soup) is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 1,320 ratings.
12 Moroccan Lentils Recipes
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Harira
Morocco's soul-warming soup of tomatoes, lentils, chickpeas and fragrant spices — traditionally broken fast during Ramadan and served with dates and honey-dipped chebakia.
⏱ 80 min🔥 340 kcalEasy
★4.7(1,432)
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Harira
Morocco's national soup — a thick, aromatic broth of lamb, tomatoes, chickpeas, lentils, and fresh herbs, traditionally served to break the Ramadan fast.
⏱ 80 min🔥 310 kcalMedium
★4.8(489)
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Rfissa
Moroccan chicken with lentils, fenugreek, and ras el hanout served over shredded msemen — comforting, fragrant.
⏱ 120 min🔥 580 kcalMedium
★4.8(980)
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Rfissa (Moroccan Chicken with Lentils and Msemen)
Moroccan post-partum classic: chicken slow-cooked with lentils and ras el hanout, served over shredded msemen flatbread soaked in spiced broth.
⏱ 120 min🔥 610 kcalMedium
★4.8(472)
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Harira (Moroccan Tomato-Lentil Soup)
Morocco's iconic Ramadan soup — tomato, lentils, chickpeas, lamb and a flurry of fresh cilantro and parsley, thickened with a flour slurry into silky comfort.
⏱ 110 min🔥 320 kcalMedium
★4.9(1,320)
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Harira (Moroccan Tomato, Lentil, and Chickpea Soup)
Morocco's most beloved soup — a rich, spiced blend of tomatoes, chickpeas, lentils, and fresh herbs traditionally served to break the Ramadan fast.
⏱ 80 min🔥 280 kcalEasy
★4.8(1,560)
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Rfissa (Moroccan Chicken and Lentil Dish with Msemen)
A deeply nourishing Moroccan postpartum dish of spiced chicken and lentils over torn msemen flatbread, fragrant with fenugreek and ras el hanout.
⏱ 180 min🔥 620 kcalHard
★4.8(480)
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Saffron Lentil Stew North African
Saffron Lentil Stew North African with spice warmth, preserved lemon and slow-braised depth.
⏱ 35 min🔥 320 kcalEasy
★4.7(1,000)
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Harira (Moroccan Lentil and Chickpea Soup)
A hearty Moroccan soup of lentils, chickpeas and tomato thickened with a flour-and-egg tedouira, traditionally eaten to break the Ramadan fast.
⏱ 80 min🔥 260 kcalMedium
★4.6(52)
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Moroccan Harira (Tomato Lentil and Chickpea Soup)
A hearty Moroccan soup of lentils, chickpeas, and tomato thickened with a flour-water slurry, traditionally served to break the Ramadan fast.
⏱ 70 min🔥 260 kcalMedium
★4.2(52)
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Moroccan Harira-Style Lentil Bowl
A warming lentil, tomato and chickpea bowl in the style of harira, brightened with lemon and herbs.
⏱ 55 min🔥 350 kcalEasy
★4.6(52)
Choosing & preparing lentils
How to choose
Choose by type: red/yellow lentils break down into creamy dals and soups; green and Puy lentils hold their shape for salads and sides. Look for whole, unbroken, uniform pulses.
Prep & storage
No soaking needed — just rinse and pick out any stones. Add salt and acid towards the end, since early acidity can keep them firm; aromatics in the cooking water build flavour from the start.
Nutrition
An excellent source of plant protein, fibre, iron and folate, with a low glycaemic impact that keeps you full.
Classic flavour partners: cumin, garlic, onion, ginger, tomatoes, spinach
Moroccan Lentils Recipes — FAQ
How long do Moroccan lentils recipes take to make?
Most of these 12 Moroccan lentils recipes are ready in around 91 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Saffron Lentil Stew North African, takes about 35 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 180 minutes.
How many calories are in Moroccan lentils dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 260 to 620 kcal per serving, averaging 376 kcal — Moroccan Harira – Tomato, Lentil and Chickpea Soup with Herbs is the lightest option at 260 kcal.
What is the easiest Moroccan lentils recipe for beginners?
Moroccan Harira – Tomato, Lentil and Chickpea Soup with Herbs is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 80 minutes. 42% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with lentils in Moroccan cooking?
In these recipes, lentils is most often paired with ground ginger, olive oil, tomato paste, ground turmeric, onion and celery. Moroccan kitchens also lean on cumin, coriander, ginger, saffron, preserved lemon and ras el hanout.
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