- 4 red onions
- 4 courgettes
- 4 red peppers
- 800g vine tomatoes
- 800g tin of chickpeas
- 2 tbsp garlic oil
- 2 tbsp ras al hanut
- 2 lemon
- 300g wholewheat couscous
- A handful of flat leaf parsley
- Sea salt
- 300ml boiling water
- Large roasting tin or 2 medium tins
- Measuring jug
- 1.
Preheat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Trim and peel the red onions, and slice them into 6-8 wedges. Trim the courgettes and slice them into 1cm-thick rounds. Halve the red peppers, scoop out the seeds and pith, and roughly chop them. Slice the tomatoes into 6-8 wedges each.
- 2.
Tip all the veg into a large roasting tin (or 2 smaller roasting tins – you don't want to crowd the veg together too much or they'll steam rather than roast). Drain the chickpeas and add them to the tin. Drizzle over 1 tbsp garlic oil and dust over 1 tbsp ras al hanut. Season with a pinch of salt and gently toss the veg and chickpeas to mix.
- 3.
Slide the veg and chickpeas into the oven and roast for 30 mins. The veg should be lightly charred and tender, and the chickpeas starting to crisp up.
- 4.
Fill and boil your kettle. Finely grate the zest from the lemon into a bowl. Tip in the couscous. Add 300ml boiling water, swirl with a fork, then cover the bowl with a plate and set aside for 10-15 mins to soak. The couscous will soak up the water and become tender.
- 5.
While the couscous soaks, roughly chop the parsley, leaves and stalks.
- 6.
When the tagine is ready, take the tin out of the oven and squeeze over the juice from half the lemon. Fluff the couscous with a fork, stir in half the parsley, and divide between 2 warm plates. Top with the roast tagine, garnish with the rest of the parsley and serve with wedges of the remaining lemon for squeezing.