Quick One Pot Wonder, Lamb Tagine With Pumpkin

Published : November 25, 2010 :: 10:11:38 [ 2,079 views ]

Quick One Pot Wonder, Lamb Tagine With Pumpkin

Another tasty, quick and easy to prepare meal which can be cooked in a pan on the stove or chucked into a slow cooker and left to simmer away while you get on with something else.

INGREDIENTS:
2tablespoon oil
2 onions chopped
2 cloves garlic crushed
800 grams lamb diced
2 tablespoon ras el hanout spice mix
¼ teaspoon chilli
1 large tin tomatoes
½ teaspoon honey
450 ml lamb or chicken stock (one knorrs stock cube in warm water to dissolve)
500 grams pumpkin cut into chunks
Parsley to garnish

METHOD:
Heat oil in large pan and lightly fry the onions and garlic until soft. After 2 – 3 minutes, add the lamb and quickly brown. Add spices to the pan and stir for 2 – 3 minutes then add the tomatoes, honey and stock. Cover and simmer gently for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Finally, add the pumpkin and simmer uncovered for another hour.

Serve with rice, pasta or potato and garnish with parsley.

OR…..lightly fry onions and garlic, quickly brown the meat, then throw all ingredients into slow cooker and leave for 3hours or until meat is tender.

Ras El Hanout spice mix is a Morrocan blend of spices available from Swartze Herbs and Spice selection. (Friendship supermarket)

If the Ras El Hanout is difficult to find, why not make up your own and keep in an air tight container.

3 teaspoons ground cinnamon 3 teaspoons ground cumin 3 teaspoons ground turmeric 2 teaspoons ground coriander
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cardamom
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon mace
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground celery seed
1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Comments

musongman

said :

Too much fuel, i.e. gas or electricity, needed for dishes that take "hours" to cook, albeit at low heat. That's why "stir-fry" is the way to go! These dishes are great when made in the country, where you can toss another log on the fire that goes all day anyway!!

Email : teddy338@hotmail.com Date : 2010-11-25 18:49:10