Mild Harira

Ingredients

• 1 × 400 g tin chickpeas, drained
• 120 g red lentils
• 1 × 400 g tin tomatoes
• 900 ml vegetable stock
• 60 g vermicelli, broken
• ½ tsp cumin
• ½ tsp cinnamon

How to make it

1. Add chickpeas, lentils, tomatoes, stock and spices to a pot. Simmer 22 minutes.
2. Blend two ladlefuls and return them to thicken the soup.
3. Add vermicelli and cook 5–6 minutes until tender.