Thermobexta’s Moroccan Chickpea & Date Stew

morroccan-chickpea

This is a rich, hearty stew filled with warm, Moroccan inspired flavours.  It will be a regular on our dinner table this winter!

1 onion, quartered
3 garlic cloves
20g extra virgin olive oil
3 tsp sweet paprika
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp turmeric
500g vine ripened tomatoes, halved
150g tomato paste
4 medjool dates, deseeded and diced into small pieces
1/2 tsp himalayan salt
250g sweet potato, peeled, cut into large bite-sized pieces
150g carrot, peeled and sliced into 1cm pieces
400g tin chickpeas, drained, rinsed
60g baby spinach
handful of almonds, roughly chopped and toasted

 

1. Place spinach into a thermal server. Set aside.

2. Place onion, garlic and oil into mixer bowl. Chop for 5 seconds/speed 5/MC on. Saute for 5 minutes/steaming temperature/speed soft/MC off.

3. Add paprika, cumin, ginger, cinnamon and turmeric. Saute for 1 minute/steaming temperature/speed soft/MC off.

4. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, dates and salt. Cook for 5 minutes/100/speed 2/MC on.

5. Add sweet potato and carrots. Cook for 15 minutes/100/reverse/speed soft/MC on.

6. Add chickpeas. Cook for 5 minutes/100/reverse/speed soft/MC on.

7. Pour contents of the bowl into thermal server and place the lid on for 5 minutes to allow the hot stew to soften the spinach.

8. Use a spatula or large spoon to combine the spinach with the stew. Sprinkle with almonds.

9. Enjoy with rice, cauliflower rice, or in a bowl on its own!

Tips
– To always have chickpeas on hand, I soak a few cups of dried chickpeas overnight then drain, place in a large saucepan and cover liberally in water and boil until they are cooked (this will often take a couple of hours). Measure them into 240g lots and freeze in zip lock bags with some of the cooking water in each bag – each bag is equal to 1 can of chickpeas.
– The tomato paste recipe I have linked in the ingredients list has salt to add flavour, if you use a different tomato paste, you may need a little extra salt to your stew.

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Gemma
8 years ago

Yum very filling! We served with couscous

Bee
Bee
8 years ago

Such simple ingredients in this stew but full of favours. I follow recipe as written but I didn’t have any baby spinach so substitute it with kale and that works really well.

Clairette Tricote!
8 years ago

That recipe looks delicious! Quick question, what is a thermoserver? Thanks. I am lazy I use canned chickpeas ; )

Jo
Jo
8 years ago

Quick, easy and delicious dinner. Thank you.
I used cheaper dates and just soaked them in boiling water for a couple of minutes before adding them. I did need about double to get the right weight.

Anne B
Anne B
8 years ago

I couldn’t believe it when I saw that you cook your chickpeas in a saucepan. I always cook mine in the thermomix basket before freezing in ziplock bags. You cook a smaller quantity, but it is so easy and foolproof.

Tanya Jackson
Tanya Jackson
8 years ago

What an amazing flavour! All of my family loved this, will be making this regularly for sure. Thank you for sharing your fantastic recipes. Xx

Gemma
Gemma
8 years ago

Yum yum yum. Loved it and will definitely make this again.

Nicki
Nicki
8 years ago

Very yummy! I froze serves to take to work for lunch, my colleagues were very jealous!

Jess
Jess
8 years ago

I’m making this tonight, can’t wait! Will post the verdict, although I suspect it will be like all thermobexta recipes – awesome!

aspoonfulofnature
8 years ago

sounds perfect for a cold day!! yum

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