Chorba Lsan Tair ~ Moroccan Orzo Meat Soup

For this month’s MENA Cooking Challenge, we travel to Morocoo. Last month, it was Malta which I decided to give askip, even though it was not my intention. I so badly wanted to participate but my time management did not work in favor of me, so I had to give up. But this month, I wanted to make it up, so here I am!

Morocco is a beautiful country, I have heard. A must visit destination after Egypt, as far as the top portion of Africa is concerned. Travelling is a dream for me, InShaAllah, I am looking forward to the time when HD may get converted to this interest! Hehe… The food of Morocco is interesting, where they cook their meat and vegetables along with rice or couscous in a interesting pot called Tagine. I wish to get my hand on it someday and try cooking in it, InShaAllah. Beef happens to be their most consumed meat and couscous is their favorite side, it seems. We were given some interesting choices, which included this soup that I tried, Tagine Berber as savory and Makrout as the sweet. As usual, I went for the soup as it appealed to me more and was perfect as a nice cozy dinner. The name is interesting – Chorba Lsan Tair. Chorba means “stew” and Lsan Tair means “tongue of bird”! It is said that because orzo is used in this soup, which looks like small tongues, and that is how the name is derived! Hehe… The recipe provided was very vague so I pulled up from a couple of sources that I could refer to and made up my own variation! Hehe… But must say the soup was thick and filling and needed nothing more to go along with it as a meal. Off to the way I made it…

 

Do check out what my fellow club members cooked up for this challenge!