Moroccan-style mushroom tagine
Cooking time: 35 minutes
1 brown onion, finely chopped
1 tbs Ras el hanout or Moroccan spice blend (see Tip)
750g (1/2 small) butternut pumpkin, peeled, chopped
400g small cup mushrooms
400g can no added salt diced tomatoes*
1 cup reduced salt vegetable stock* or reduced salt chicken stock
400g can no added salt chickpeas, drained and rinsed
60g pitted dates, chopped
Reduced fat yoghurt*, coriander leaves and cooked couscous, to serve
1. Heat oil in a medium deep frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion, cook for 3 minutes or until soft. Stir in the spice and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add pumpkin and mushrooms and stir until the vegetables are coated with spice mixture.
2. Add the tomatoes and stock, cover and simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes or until the pumpkin is almost tender.
3. Stir in the chickpeas and dates, cook, covered a further 10 minutes until pumpkin is tender and chickpeas warm. Top with a little yoghurt, scatter over the coriander and serve with couscous.
Tip Ras el hanout is available from delicatessens and specialist spices suppliers. Moroccan spice blend is available supermarkets.
Image provided courtesy of Mark Omeara and Steve Brown.
Recipe source…..www.heartfoundation.org.au