Make This Vitamin-Packed Moroccan Soup With Just 2 Ingredients!

“This Moroccan recipe is a must-have when it gets chilly!“, shares Moroccan content creator Salma El Fallah, from the Youtube channel Cuisinons En Couleurs. Not only is this soup cost-effective, but it’s also highly nutritious: it’s packed with fiber, plant-based proteins, B and K vitamins, and essential minerals such as iron, zinc, and magnesium. And yet, it calls for only two main ingredients… We’re here to share this delightful recipe so you can easily enjoy and reap the health benefits!

Ingredients for the Simplest Moroccan Soup

This creamy soup is incredibly straightforward and quick to prepare, as Salma El Fallah points out in her YouTube video. You won’t need to peel anything since the soup primarily consists of split peas and garlic, two affordable and healthful ingredients.

• 300 g of rinsed split peas
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 tsp of salt
• 1 tsp of cumin
• A drizzle of olive oil
• 750 ml of water

How to Make the Simplest Moroccan Soup

You will need a pressure cooker and an immersion blender for this recipe.

1. Heat up your pressure cooker with a good drizzle of olive oil.
2. Add the rinsed split peas, whole garlic cloves, salt, and cumin powder. Sauté everything for 2-3 minutes while stirring with a wooden spoon.
3. Cover with 750 ml of water, close your pressure cooker, bring it up to pressure, and cook for 20 minutes. If you don’t have a pressure cooker, you can cook the soup in a regular pot. This will require about 45 minutes of cooking time covered. To speed up the cooking process, you can soak the split peas overnight in a bowl of cold water.

4. Once the cooking time is up, blend until smooth to achieve a creamy texture. If necessary, you can thin the soup with some boiling water.

Serve in deep plates, season with a drizzle of olive oil, a pinch of cumin, and paprika, and enjoy!