Chorba Homemade Tunisian Steps and Tips

Here is the Tunisian Chorba {شوربة} which is a vermicelli soup, well flavored with spices such as turmeric, ginger and paprika. The addition of wild mint gives it a very good taste.

A traditional Tunisian soup and very easy to make. It is an ideal soup when it is cold, or when you have a cold (especially if you like it hot!) Many variations are possible.

Prepare the chorba condiments

First of all, peel and roughly cut the vegetables.

In a casserole dish brown the meat previously cut into small pieces with oil.

brown the soup meat

Then, add the chopped onions and the tomatoes and let them cook.

Add the spices (turmeric, ginger, paprika, salt and pepper).

add spices to chorba

Add the vegetables, celery (branches and leaves) and coriander.

Cooking steps

Add the chickpeas (since I use canned chickpeas I add them at the end of cooking). Pour the water (about 1L to 1.5L) and bring to the boil for 20 min.

Add the tomato puree and another liter of water. Close the casserole dish and cook.

tomato puree addition

Once the meat and vegetables are cooked through, pass the chorba through a colander to collect the broth.

For similar recipe check out the delicious Harira Soup.

Remove the carrots, zucchini, turnip, celery, meat and put the rest with the broth. Pass what you got at the vegetable mill.

Then, bring everything to a boil and add the bunch of mint. Adjust seasoning.

Soup Final Steps

Add the angel hair while stirring without reducing the heat. Angel hair cooks very quickly, it takes about 10 min.

Check out the Coconut Chicken Soup Thai Style.

If the chorba is liquid enough add angel hair and if on the contrary a little thick add a little water (depending on people’s taste). This dish is usually accompanied with Tuna Brik specially in Ramadan.

delicious chorba

Finally, remove from fire. Return the pieces of meat to the soup.