Harira is the brick-red Moroccan broth of chickpeas, lentils, tomato, onion and lamb, thickened with tadouira (flour-water slurry), traditionally broken with a date to end the Ramadan fast.
Harira is the canonical iftar (fast-breaking) soup of Ramadan across Morocco, served the moment the sundown call to prayer sounds. The dish is medieval; references appear in the 13th-century Hispano-Maghrebi cookbook Kitab al-Tabikh. Outside Ramadan, harira shifts to the streets: bowls for 10 to 15 MAD at Jemaa el-Fna are year-round Marrakech budget food, especially on cold winter nights.
3 editor picks for Harira in Marrakech, ranked by editorial score. All Marrakech signature dishes · Harira across every city.
Amal Center Gueliz ★ 4.5
gueliz · Rue Allal Ben Ahmed et Rue Ibn Sina, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
Amal Center in Marrakech's Gueliz trains disadvantaged women in Moroccan cooking and serves the practice meals as lunch; non-profit, founded 2012.
Le Tobsil ★ 4.5
medina · 22 Derb Abdullah Ben Hessaien, R'mila, Marrakech 40000
Le Tobsil in Marrakech's R'mila medina runs the canonical Moroccan tasting: 11 to 13 salads, pigeon pastilla, lamb tagine, in a candle-lit Gnaoua-music riad.
Jemaa el-Fna Harira Stalls ★ 4.4
jemaa-el-fna · Place Jemaa el-Fna, evening soup stalls, Marrakech 40000
Marrakech's harira stalls at Jemaa el-Fna ladle the chickpea-lentil-tomato broth for 10 to 15 DH, broken with a date; Ramadan staple year-round.