Thought this was easy to make but it was too sweet for my taste. The words 'spicy vegetarian hotpot' conjured up a more fiery dish in my mind, but this recipe didn't live up to that expectation.

FROM A TRUE CARNIVORE THIS DISH SOUNDS AMAZING ! CANT WAIT TO TRY IT.

Lovely. Don't like carrots so replaced with butternutsquash and sweet potato which went a bit mushy so would put them in later 'next time. Tasted delicious all the same

Also made a couple of tweaks by using butternut squash instead of potatoes, apricots instead of prunes and added some rose harissa paste to the chermoula. Also added giant cous cous while it was cooking. So good! and even better the next day for lunch.

Also, for the carnivours amongst us, lamb would be an excellent addition to this dish.

This is a great dish! I just purchased a clay cooker and this the recipe that christened it. One minor (and pleasant) addition was replacing prunes with apricots and a small hand full of sultanas.
Yum!

This was a lovely recipe, used sweet potato instead of white, all my friends loved it even the ones who are not vegetarian.

Didn't look like the picture but was very tasty

This is one of the best Veggie recipes ever! I've told loads of people about this great find and they love it too. The paste is amazing, I've made it with loads of different types of veggies too. To make it healthier I substitute some of the oil with water and it tastes just as nice!

My vegetarian friends loved this as did the meat eaters.

Wish recipe included using a tagine - bought a new one and looking forward to using it

Have made this so many times and always loved by everyone eating. Most requested dish I cook!

An ok recipe. The chermoula was aromatic and flavoursome but lacked a bit of depth.
I didn't put in any dried fruit as I had none and put in sweet potato and squash instead of potato and 2 of the leeks, and added chickpea's too. The leeks are somewhat misplaced in this recipe I think- it would benefit from something with a bit more substance or that offered you something to chew on. And it was substance rather than flavour made me mark this recipe down. I wish chef's would remember that vegetarians have teeth too and give us something to use them on

So so good. I normally put some harissa paste with the cous cous. But a delicious easy dish.

Still deciding if we liked this! Bit sweet and needed something more but no idea what! Used a tagine which was perfect. Still thinking!!

For those that included lamb - what cut would you recommend?

We tried this yesterday and found it easy and relatively quick to make. The 'paste' is really tasty and we didn't find it too lemony at all. We halved the ingredients as there were only two of us and it made a very hearty meal. We'll be making it again!

This is a great dish! I didn't find making the paste too fiddly, just chop and whizz, a little prep and everything in the pot and then leave to cook. The flavours were great, I halved the quantities but otherwise didn't change anything, soft figs worked well and absorbed the savoury flavours whilst having a lovely texture. I served with sliced crusty baguette, and will definitely make this again! Thanks.

Made this at the weekend. marrinated chicken breasts overnight in the paste, and left out the leek, potatoes and mint, but added a touch of cinamon and a sprinkle of fennel seeds. My dinner guests loved it.

I made this as part of a birthday dinner for my daughter. I made it the day before the dinner, but I thought that the spice mix was so strong and bitter that I didnt serve it on the night, very disappointing!