Vegetable tagine with toasted almond couscous

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1. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a tagine or casserole and gently cook the onion until soft - about 10 minutes. Add the ground spices and garlic and cook for a minute. Stir in the harissa and cook for 2 minutes. Stir through the squash and carrots and toss well to coat with the paste and the onion. Pour over the stock, add the apricots and bring to a gentle simmer. Cook over a low heat for about 25-30 minutes until the vegetables are very tender.
2. Meanwhile, put the couscous in a large bowl, bring the stock to the boil and pour it over. Cover the bowl and leave to stand for 5-10 minutes until all the stock has been absorbed into the couscous. Gently fluff up with a fork and stir through the toasted almonds.
3. Add the chickpeas to the tagine and stir through half of the herbs. Season, then simmer for 5 minutes. Spoon the couscous into bowls then ladle the tagine on top. Serve scattered with extra herbs.

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Tagines (slow-cooked, spiced Moroccan stews) are named after the conical ceramic pots in which they are traditionally cooked. A casserole dish is a good substitute.

Per serving

514 kcalories, protein 16.7g, carbohydrate 79g, fat 16.7 g, saturated fat 1.6g, fibre 9.5g, salt 1.61 g

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• ange

  08 November 2007

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  Really love this recipe, also works with the addition of either Cauldron�s marinated tofu or Quorn pieces

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• Clare

  11 December 2007

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  Really lovely recipe, I couldnt get any squash the first time i made it so i used sweet potato instead, just as nice!

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• Lynda

  16 April 2008

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  A lovely recipe. Healthy heart warming and filling. My girls didn't like it because it was spicy, but they are fussy. I thought it was tasty. Thank you

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  07 August 2008

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  Delicious. Full of flavour. Will definitely make this again. Take care with the harissa - the brand I use is very hot. I put one heaped teaspoon full in and it still made the dish hot. Three tablespoons would blow your head off!

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• Louise

  16 September 2008

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  This is very nice and you can adapt it to use different veg depending on wnat you have to hand. i strongly recommend using passatta or tinned toms instead of stock though, makes it richer and thicker

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  15 March 2009

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  I agree with Sarah. The harissa I was using had a recipe suggestion on the label for 6 portions, which recommended 3 *teaspoonsful* rather than tablespoons. I went with this and it was perfect. I'm glad I didn't use 3 tbsp. It would have been inedible! I also used a mixture of passatta and stock, which worked very well.

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Ingredients

• olive oil
• 2 tsp each of ground cumin and ground coriander
• 2 onions , thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves , finely sliced
• 3 tbsp harissa (look in the spice section)
• 1 small butternut squash , peeled and cut into chunks
• 4 carrots , cut into chunks
• vegetable stock fresh, cube or powder made up to 600ml
• 75g ready-to-eat, dried apricots , roughly chopped
• 400g tin chickpeas , drained and rinsed
• a bunch flat-leaf parsley , roughly chopped
• a bunch coriander , roughly chopped

FOR THE COUSCOUS

• 300g couscous
• vegetable stock fresh, cube or powder made up to 600ml
• 4 tbsp flaked almonds , toasted

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Serves 4

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Ingredients

• olive oil
• 2 tsp each of ground cumin and ground coriander
• 2 onions , thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves , finely sliced
• 3 tbsp harissa (look in the spice section)
• 1 small butternut squash , peeled and cut into chunks
• 4 carrots , cut into chunks
• vegetable stock fresh, cube or powder made up to 600ml
• 75g ready-to-eat, dried apricots , roughly chopped
• 400g tin chickpeas , drained and rinsed
• a bunch flat-leaf parsley , roughly chopped
• a bunch coriander , roughly chopped

FOR THE COUSCOUS

• 300g couscous
• vegetable stock fresh, cube or powder made up to 600ml
• 4 tbsp flaked almonds , toasted

Per serving

514 kcalories, protein 16.7g, carbohydrate 79g, fat 16.7 g, saturated fat 1.6g, fibre 9.5g, salt 1.61 g

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