Harira Recipe | Epicurious

Ingredients

• 1 lb/455 g stewing beef, cut into 1/2-in/12-mm cubes
• 1 cup/170 g finely chopped celery stalks, tender green parts and leaves only
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup/15 g loosely packed, finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1/3 cup/15 g loosely packed, finely chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 Tbsp butter, smen, or olive oil
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Two 14-oz/410-g cans peeled whole tomatoes, seeded and puréed with all the juices
• 3 Tbsp tomato paste
• 1 cup/170 g canned chickpeas, rinsed
• 1/4 cup/30 g all-purpose flour
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 oz/30 g vermicelli or angel hair pasta, broken into 3/4-in/2-cm lengths
• 1 lemon, cut into wedges
• 12 dates, preferably mejhoul
• 12 dried figs