Vegetarian Pumpkin Tagine Recipe
The Pumpkin Tagine Recipe is a delicious Moroccan inspired dish, that is quick and simple to make for a weeknight dinner. It is a one pot dish, that can either be served with rice, couscous or bread. The tagine is a stew-like dish that is most often served along with couscous (similar to broken wheat) or can even be served along with injera (an Ethiopian Flat Bread) or . Pumpkin is an extremely nutrient dense food, meaning it is chock-full of vitamins and minerals but low on calories. Consuming one cup of cooked, canned pumpkin would provide well over 100% of your daily needs for vitamin A, 20% of the daily value for vitamin C, 10% or more for vitamin E, riboflavin, potassium, copper and manganese, thiamin, B-6, folate, pantothenic acid, niacin, iron, magnesium, and phosphorus. If you like this recipe, here are more Moroccan recipes that you can also try
Ingredients
- couscous
- lentils
- cumin
- turmeric
- paprika
- garlic
- onion
- tomato
- pumpkin
- beef stock
- sugar
Preparation
- 1To begin making the Pumpkin Tagine Recipe, first cook the lentils until soft but not mushy. To cook the lentils in a pressure cooker, place the lentils the cooker along with 2 cups of water and salt. Cover the cooker, place the weight on and cook until you hear one whistle. After the first whistle, turn the heat to low and allow the lentils to simmer for about 3 minutes and turn off the heat.
- 2Allow the pressure to release naturally. Once the pressure is released, open the cooker and keep the lentils aside.
- 3The next step is to stew the tomatoes, roughly chop them and keep aside.
- 4. The link shows you how to puree tomatoes, but for this recipe, chopped tomatoes work well.
- 5Get the vegetable stock ready too.
- 6If you don't find the time to make vegetable stock, then you can use water and adjust the spices in the Tagine to bring out the flavors.
- 7Next step is to make the Pumpkin Tagine. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan or a Tagine. Add in the onions and garlic and saute until the onions are soft and tender.
- 8Once the onions are soft, add in the turmeric powder, cumin powder, sambal oelek, paprika or chilli powder, sugar, salt and the tomatoes and pumpkin. Saute until the vegetables get partially cooked.
- 9Next add in the cooked lentils, stir it into the pumpkin tagine and check the salt and spice levels. Adjust to suit your taste. Cover the large pan or the tagine and simmer for about 15 minutes until all of them come together with the spices and are perfectly cooked.
- 10Turn off the heat and the Pumpkin Tagine is ready to be served along with your favorite spiced rice or couscous or