Vegetarian Moroccan stew
This delicious, healthy and filling Moroccan-style stew is a family favourite. Don't be put off by the amount of ingredients - you will probably have a lot of them in your cupboard already. You can make the entire stew ahead of time, and keep it in the fridge for up to 3 days or freeze it for several months. Or you can make double the quantity of the spice mix and keep it for another time.
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- For the spice mixture
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt, or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1/8 teaspoon curry powder
- For the vegetable stew
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 sweet onion, chopped
- 130g finely shredded kale
- 1.5 litres vegetable stock
- 1 (400g) tin chickpeas, drained
- 1 (400g) tin chopped tomatoes
- 3 large potatoes, peeled and diced
- 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 4 large carrots,peeled and sliced
- 200g dried lentils, rinsed
- 65g dried apricots, chopped
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon cornflour (optional)
- 1 tablespoon water (optional)
Method
Prep:30min ›
Cook:40min ›
Ready in:1hr10min
- Combine cinnamon, cumin, salt, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, turmeric and curry powder in a large bowl.
- Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook the onion in the butter until soft and just beginning to brown, about 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in kale and spice mixture; cook until kale begins to wilt and spices are fragrant, about 2 minutes.
- Pour the vegetable stock into the pot. Add chickpeas, tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, lentils, apricots and honey. Bring to the boil; reduce heat to low and simmer until vegetables and lentils are cooked and tender, about 30 minutes. Season stew with black pepper to taste.
- Dissolve cornflour in 1 tablespoon of water; stir into stew and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes.
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This was very easy to make and tasted amazing! I didn't have ground cloves so left that out. I added garam masala as I didn't have curry powder. I didn't add the cornflour and used Frylight as I'm doing Slimming World. It still tastes so delicious. Would highly recommend this recipe and will definitely be making it again. I added two sticks of celery and half a red pepper just because I had them to use up. - 29 Oct 2017
Very tasty! Will make again. - 12 Sep 2016
This is a healthy staple in our house. We often modify it to include whatever vegetables we have on hand or in the garden. Also, you can make a bulk batch of spice mixture and keep this Moroccan spice mixture on hand for quicker day-of preparation. This spice mixture makes a great addition to Lamb burgers, a fantastic pork roast or salmon rub, and can be added for a wonderful variation to a stir fry. We love these Moroccan flavors! - 25 Apr 2011 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)