Monday, May 18, 2009

Moroccan Tagine of Chickpeas



I got this recipe from a cookbook I just bought called 'Food of Morocco'. It has mostly meat recipes but a few were vegetarian or vegan. The Tagine of Chickpeas recipe was completely vegan to my delight. This stew is beautifully flavored with a medley of spices: paprika, turmeric, cumin, ginger, cinnamon and harissa (a North African red chili paste) and is bathed in a rich tomato sauce. I didn't feel like couscous tonight and I don't know where to get Moroccan bread, so I enjoyed it with a loaf of Iranian Barbari bread (wheat flour, water, yeast, salt) that I picked up from Payless Produce on the way home from work today.

12 comments:

  1. WOAH! That looks so good and uses a medley of my favourite things.

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  2. Wow - that chickpea dish is absolutely gorgeous!

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  3. that sounds amazing, i love chickpeas and tagine! and the bowl it's in is really cute too!

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  4. Wow! That Chickpea dish looks so amazing and it sounds really yummy with that great looking bread. What a fantastic dinner!!! =D

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  5. Your photos are gorgeous! That chickpea dish sounds perfect for me.

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  6. Yum! That looks delish!

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  7. Oh my! This looks so good. I am jealous that you can just pick some bread up that looks like that.

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  8. I knew you would find some great recipes in those cookbooks you got. Your dinner looks fantastic!

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  9. ooh the tagine looks great! i hope you haven't been asked this a million times already, but what kind of camera do you use?

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  10. coulditbeseitan,
    My camera is nothing special. It's a Nikon Coolpix. I set it at manual with no flash and take all my pictures by natural light either by an open window, door or even outside on the front porch!

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  11. oh and don't forget to put it on macro setting!

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  12. Dang girl! You are a great photgrapher! I have a Sony PowerShot and do the same thing, but your photos look so much prettier than mine. Nice job!

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