Oven Baked Chickpea & Vegetable Tagine
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Total: 40 mins
We knew your oven was a dab hand at risotto, but this just in: it also does a terrific tagine. Let it roast you a mix of ras al hanut-spiced Med veg while you put the kettle on, then plate up with a side of lemon and parsley couscous.
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758 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 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
From your kitchen
  • Sea salt
  • 300ml boiling water
You'll need
  • Large roasting tin or 2 medium tins
  • Measuring jug
Step by step this way
  • 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.

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