May 12, 2017 / In food , veggie / Tagged as: olive oil, sweet potato, carrot, garlic, paprika, ground coriander, coriander, parsley, cinnamon, chickpeas, tomatoes, apricots, olives, lemon preserved, pomegranate, couscous

Kid Friendly Veggie Tangine

Total Cook Time

40 minutes

Ingredients

  • For the tagine:
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1/2 tsp sweet paprika
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 sweet potatoes, cut into bite-size chunks
  • 2 carrots, cut into bite-size chunks
  • 1 X 400g tinned chickpeas
  • 1 X 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
  • 100g apricots
  • Flaky sea salt
  • For the herb smash (optional):
  • small bunch of coriander
  • small bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • handful of green olives, pitted
  • 1 preserved lemon
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • For the couscous:
  • 200g wholewheat giant couscous OR quinoa
  • 1 pomegranate, seeds removed

Method

  1. Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan or casserole dish. Add the onion, and cook until it has turned translucent.
  2. Add the garlic and spices, and stir until you can really smell their aroma, then throw in the sweet potatoes and carrots.
  3. Add the chickpeas, chopped tomatoes, apricots and up to 400ml of water - enough just to coat the vegetables.
  4. Season with salt and cook until the root vegetables are just tender ~ 25 minutes.
  5. “Herb Smash” time… while the tagine is cooking finely chop the herbs and garlic (or use a food processor if you like).
  6. Roughly chop the olives and preserved lemon and add to the herb mix.
  7. Add the olive oil and taste: you may like to add a little salt, but go carefully as the olives and preserved lemon will be quite salty.
  8. Cook couscous or quinoa mix, drain and add pomegranate seeds.
  9. Serve with a dollop of the herb smash on top.

Note

  1. Preserved lemon is not the same as an ordinary lemon!! I experimented with a thin slice of the top of a lemon for this dish and it was pretty bitter.
  2. Chicken can be added to this safely. Just cube some cooked chicken and drop it in.