Moroccan veggie soup

Ingredients

Ingredients

• 2 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 sticks celery, finely chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 2 preserved lemons, flesh discarded and rind finely chopped
• 2 red chillis, deseeded and finely chopped
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 400g tin chopped tomatoes
• 1 large (350g) potato, cut into 2cm chunks
• 400g tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 80g spinach
• a bunch flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
• 1 lemon, ½ juiced and ½ wedged, to serve

Instructions

Method

• STEP 1

  Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan and add the onion, celery and a pinch of salt. Put on a lid and cook gently for 10 minutes, stirring regularly. Add the garlic, preserved lemons and red chillies, and cook for 2 minutes. Add the tomato purée and spices, and cook for a further 2 minutes before adding the chopped tomatoes, potato, chickpeas and 1.25 litres of boiling water.

• STEP 2

  Bring to the boil, then turn down and simmer for 30 minutes until the potatoes are tender. Tip in the spinach, flat-leaf parsley and a little seasoning, and stir for 1 minute until wilted. Add the lemon juice, then spoon into bowls with lemon wedges for squeezing.