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My recipe
Vegetable tajine with chestnut and couscous
- 50 g dates, finely chopped
- 50 g raisins
- 400 g (about 2 small) egg plants cut into 2-3 cm cubes
- 300 g zucchini (about 3 small) cut into 2-3 cm cubes
- 1 onion, finely chopped (about 100 g)
- 1 carrot (about 100 g) sliced
- 1 red bell pepper (about 200 g) cut into medium sized pieces
- 500 g pumpkin or butternut squash, deseeded and cut into 3-4 cm cubes
- 200 g cooked, peeled chestnuts
- 500 g ripe tomatoes
- 50-100 ml water (optional)
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp ground turmeric
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil (olive oil)
- 2 garlic cloves, сhopped
- 1/3 tsp ground chili pepper
- Chopped fresh coriander and parsley
- Make a cross slash on the skin of each tomato.
- Blanch them in the boiling water for 30 sec and run under the icy water.
- Peel the skin off and cut in medium sized pieces.
- Heat a tajine (large heavy saucepan) over a medium heat. Add ground coriander, turmeric and cinnamon and dry-fry for 1 minute.
- Add the 2 tbsp oil, onion, garlic, dates, raisins and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes, until the onion is softened.
- Add carrot and pepper and continue to cook for 5 minutes (stir couple of times during cooking time).
- Add the egg plants, zucchini and cook for 5 minutes, then stir in the pumpkin and chestnuts. Add 50- 100 ml water (if you need) and the tomatoes, cover and on the medium heat simmer, stirring, for 20-25 minutes.
COUSCOUS
- 400 g couscous
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil (olive EV oil)
- 1 small onion sliced
- Salt, pepper
- Chopped fresh coriander, parsley, mint
- Put the couscous into a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Pour over 400ml boiling water, add half the oil and stir once. Cover and set aside for 5-10 minutes, until the couscous is tender. Fluff up the couscous with a fork.
- Heat the remaining 1 tbsp of oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the sliced onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for 6-8 minutes or until soft and golden. Stir into the couscous with the fresh herbs and onion. Season to taste.
- Stir the herbs into the tajine. Serve with the couscous.
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