Seven vegetable tagine
One of the most classic casseroles in Morocco. This dish can be considered as a variant of a one-pot meal. Pure Moroccan flavors and stewed vegetables. Some people make this dish with meat and chicken as well, I made it only as a vegetable version and served it with large-grain pearl couscous.
Preparation time: 1.5 hours
Level: Medium
Serves: two or four
Ingredients:
3-4 sliced garlic cloves
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
300 g cherry tomatoes, cut in half
3-4 medium potatoes cut into sectors
One smaller turnip cut into pieces
Half a smaller head of cabbage, the root part removed and cut into sectors
5-6 smaller carrots
About 400 g of pumpkin with skin cut into pieces
One smaller eggplant cut into large pieces
Two small zucchini, cut into long pieces
2 bell peppers, chopped
Half a can of chickpeas
2-3 tbsp olive oil for frying
3 cm ginger cut into the small peaces
1 teaspoon ground coriander seeds
1 teaspoon ground or whole fennel
1 teaspoon of turmeric
Sea salt for seasoning
1 tablespoon of tomato paste
350 ml vegetable broth
About 200 g of couscous
Preparation:
- Cut the garlic into slices chop the onion and brown in olive oil in a stew pot.
- Grind coriander seeds and, if desired, cumin seeds (you can leave whole), ginger and turmeric into a spice mixture and pour into the pan.
- Stir and brown for a few minutes.
- Cut the tomatoes in half and pour into the pan, add the tomato paste and fry for a few minutes.
- Cut hard vegetables, potatoes, turnips, carrots, pumpkin, and cabbage into pieces.
- Pour the vegetable broth into the food and add hard vegetables. Spoon the sauce over the vegetables, cover the pot with a lid, and simmer for about 20 minutes.
- From time to time, pour the sauce over the vegetables.
- Cut soft vegetables, eggplant, zucchini, and bell peppers.
- Add soft vegetables to the food and also add canned chickpeas.
- Simmer under the lid for another 20 minutes, basting the vegetables with sauce occasionally. If the liquid tends to evaporate too much, add a little water.
- Cook the cous cous. Boil water with couscous, and add a little salt. When it has boiled, remove the cooking pot from the heat and cover with a lid. Let the couscous soak for about 20 minutes, during which time the water will be absorbed and the couscous will be ready.
- When serving, put a pile of kcous cous at the bottom of the serving dish and cover it nicely with vegetables. Put the sauce on top. Serve immediately, but this dish is also delicious the next day.
Ready!!