Easy Lamb Tagine

Not the quickest easy meal but so tasty, this easy lamb tagine is perfect for a healthy family meal. It's also a great meal for batch cooking. Why not double the quantities and make some freezer meals with it too?

Course Main Course

Cuisine moroccan

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 1 40

Total Time 2

Servings

Calories 678kcal

Author Corina Blum

Ingredients

400 g lamb cubed
2 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon cumin
½ teaspoon ground ginger
1 lemon
2 carrot cut into quarters lengthwise
400 g tin of chickpeas drained and rinsed
1 onion cut into wedges
1 clove garlic crushed
6 dried apricots
300 ml stock lamb or vegetable
180 g couscous
3 tablespoon mint chopped

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Heat some olive oil in a pan and brown the lamb.
Add the spices and stir to coat the lamb. Grate in some of the lemon zest. Add the carrot, chickpeas, onion, garlic and apricots and then pour in the stock.
Bring to the boil and then cover and simmer for 1 ½ hours. Add a little extra water if it looks like it is going dry.
Add the couscous to the pan. Cover again. After 10 minutes the couscous should be cooked.
Serve sprinkled with the fresh mint and with the wedges of lemon to squeeze over the top.

Notes

Nutritional information is approximate and a guideline only.

Nutrition

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