This is a warm up to the 7-day recipe marathon initiated by Nupur, at One Hot Stove. Just making sure I haven’t forgotten writing posts! Nupur has provided the much needed push for My Foodcourt and hope to reach the finish line, even though I shall be travelling.
Harisa Seasoning was not a very familiar spice to me till recently. My dear brother picked up some free samples for this from a trade fair in Berlin last month. Some Google research and I was tempted to use it immediately; Hit the bulls eye with this recipe for Vegetable Tagine with Harisa. Loved this recipe since I had all the ingredients that were required (a very rare coincidence!).
All the veggies used for this Tagine are in season now. I did not have the traditional ‘Tagine pot’ but slow cooked it on the stove top for the flavours to mingle and the result was a scrumptious spicy-sweet and tangy stew. Traditionally served with couscous, I served this with rice. As usual I tweaked the recipe a little bit to suit our taste.
Here’s the recipe:
Vegetable Tagine with Harisa
- 2 onions , sliced
- xbd tsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1 tsp sugar
- 3 tsp Harisa seasoning
- a pinch saffron of (optional)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds (roasted and crushed)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 bay leaf
- 250 ml vegetable stock water or
- 3 tomatoes ripe , skinned and chopped
- 2 carrots large , cut into chunks
- 2 sweet potatoes , peeled and cubed
- 1 red pepper , seeded and cubed
- 1 pepper yellow , seeded and cubed
- 2 brinjals , cubed
- 400 g chickpeas soaked overnight and cooked
- 1 tsp red chilli pepper dry powder or (optional)
- Salt
- 2 tsp Oil
- parsley Chopped fresh for garnish
- Heat the oil and fry the onion, ginger-garlic andsugar over a low heat until onions begin tocaramelise.
- Add harissa powder and spices and cook until fragrant.
- Add the veggies, season with salt, Cover and simmer for 40 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
- Garnish with chopped fresh parsley.
- Serve hot with couscous or rice.
PJ says
I stumbled over here through Nupur’s blog. You have a great blog here with some wonderful recipes and nice photos! This tagine looks delicious.. harissa is something I love to cook with as well.
nithya praveen says
This tagine looks delicious.You have a great blog out here.I dropped in here from nupur’s blog.
Nupur says
Blogging is like riding a bike- you don’t forget even if you don’t practice it for a while 😉
I have been meaning to make harissa for a long while- now looking at this recipe, I know I need to try it soon!
s says
First time here…am wow-ed!!
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