This fruity sweet potato tagine with orange and coriander flavours is a great option as a vegetarian main. Quick, freezable and healthy, it ticks all the boxes.
Ingredients
2 tbsp olive oil
2 onions, sliced
2 garlic cloves, sliced
4 tsp harissa seasoning
600g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 3-4cm chunks
400g tin chickpeas, drained
1 vegetable stock cube, made up to 1.1ltrs
75g cranberry sauce
½ orange, zested and juiced
250g couscous
30g pack fresh coriander
100g crème fraîche, to serve
Directions
Heat the oil in a deep saucepan over a medium heat and fry the onions for 10 mins. Stir in the garlic and harissa seasoning; fry for 2 mins.
Add the sweet potatoes, chickpeas and 750ml stock, then stir in the cranberry sauce. Bring to a simmer and cook for 12 mins or until the sweet potato is just tender.
Meanwhile, put the couscous in a heatproof bowl. Pour over the 350ml hot stock and sit a plate on top to cover. Leave to soak for 10 mins. Reserve 4 coriander sprigs; chop the rest of the leaves.
Stir the orange zest and juice into the tagine; season to taste. Use a fork to fluf up the couscous, then stir through the chopped coriander with a little seasoning. Serve the tagine spooned over the couscous, topped with crème fraîche and the reserved coriander sprigs.