Vegetable Tagine

Ingredients

• 2 cans chickpeas
• 2 sweet potatoes or 3 carrots, chunks
• 1 can tomatoes
• 2 onions
• 6 garlic cloves
• 2 tsp cumin, 2 tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp paprika, 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1/2 cup dried apricots or raisins
• 1 lemon
• Coriander, almonds
• Couscous

Method

1. Soften the onions in olive oil for 8 minutes, then the garlic.
2. All the ground spices in for a full minute until the pan smells of them. This blooming step is what separates a tagine from a stew.
3. Tomatoes, sweet potato, chickpeas, apricots and 2 cups water. Salt.
4. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Don't stir much — you want the pieces whole.
5. Lemon juice and zest at the end to cut the sweetness.
6. Coriander and toasted almonds. Couscous underneath.