Persian Bean & Noodle Soup

Ash-e Reshteh

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    12 to 15

    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      15 hr

Appears in
Silk Road Vegetarian: Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten Free Recipes for the Mindful Cook

By Dahlia Abraham-Klein

Published 2014

  • About

For the persian new Year, nowruz, this traditional soup is always served. Noodles are believed to bring good fortune, and it is customary to serve ash-e reshteh or any noodles before embarking on something new. The noodles symbolize the threads of life, and are associated with change and new beginnings. Ash-e reshteh has traveled westward where it has morphed into the Moroccan harira, with its mix of legumes, but unlike harira, Ash-e reshteh is based on a