Chickpea Tagine

Chickpea Tagine

Ready in 40 minutes Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, June 11, 2017.

With pumpkin, quinoa and tahini yoghurt.


Ingredients

PRESERVED LEMON CAULIFLOWER QUINOA

  • 25g sliced almonds
  • 100g quinoa
  • ½ head cauliflower
  • 1 wedge preserved lemon

CHICKPEA TAGINE

  • 1 teaspoon oil
  • 1 brown onion, finely diced
  • 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon finely grated ginger
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ tablespoons tagine spice mix
  • 200g peeled pumpkin, diced 1cm
  • 1 can chopped tomatoes
  • 2 cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ bag baby spinach leaves

TAHINI YOGHURT

  • 150g natural yoghurt
  • 1 teaspoon tahini paste
  • 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves and stalks

TO SERVE

  • 35g toasted pumpkin seeds
  • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves and stalks

Steps

  1. a medium pot of salted water to the boil.
  2. Heat a medium, dry pot on medium heat. Toast almonds for 1–2 minutes, until golden brown, shaking pan often to ensure even browning. Transfer to a small bowl and wipe pot clean with paper towel. Return pot to medium heat.
  3. Add oil to pot and cook onion, garlic, ginger and salt for 2–3 minutes, until soft. Add tagine spice mix and cook for a further 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add pumpkin, tomatoes, chickpeas and water. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low-medium and simmer for about 20 minutes, until pumpkin is cooked through.
  4. While tagine is cooking, cook quinoa in pot of boiling water for 15 minutes. Cut cauliflower into large florets and grate until you have 3–4 cups worth, then finely dice any small bits that are hard to grate. Add cauliflower to quinoa in last 1 minute of cook time and cook for a further 1 minute, until cauliflower and quinoa are tender. Drain well.
  5. In a small bowl, combine yoghurt, tahini and coriander and mix well. Season with a little salt and set aside. Season cooked tagine to taste with salt and pepper and stir through spinach.
  6. Remove pith and flesh from preserved lemon (discard) and very finely dice skin. Add to cooked, drained quinoa/cauliflower mixture, along with toasted almonds. Toss to combine and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  7. Divide preserved lemon cauliflower quinoa between plates and top with chickpea tagine. Dollop over tahini yoghurt and sprinkle over toasted pumpkin seeds and coriander.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1728 kj
413 kcal
Protein 22.6g
Carbohydrate 42.1g
Fat 16.2g