Vegetable tagine cooking Getting your first Tagine is a moment to be remembered. But, it is a bit like a pet and needs to be cared for. First, soak the tagine overnight in enough water to cover it like a big bucket. Season tagine. This means brushing it with oil and baking it to seal… Continue reading Moroccan cooking: Caring for your first Tagine
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Moroccan cooking: Caring for your first Tagine
Vegetable tagine cooking Getting your first Tagine is a moment to be remembered. But, it is a bit like a pet and needs to be cared for. First, soak the tagine overnight in enough water to cover it like a big bucket. Season tagine. This means brushing it with oil and baking it to seal… Continue reading Moroccan cooking: Caring for your first Tagine
Moroccan recipes: The Best Couscous
Ingredients (Serves 4): 1 cup couscous 1 cup water 1 teaspoon olive oil ½ teaspoon salt Mix olive oil and salt with couscous in a large shallow pan or bowl. Rub like sand so oil coats all couscous granules. Make a sand like texture. Add a little water, about ¼ cup just until it soaks… Continue reading Moroccan recipes: The Best Couscous
Moroccan recipes: Roasted Cauliflower with Harissa and Yogurt Dip
Dive straight into Moroccan cuisine with Harissa. It’s spicy, but if you use just a little it will flavor your vegetables delightfully. You’ll need the yogurt sauce if your harissa’s spicy! For more recipes and stories, check out my new cookbook “Stories from Morocco: a food and travel memoir” now available through Kindle. Prep time: 15… Continue reading Moroccan recipes: Roasted Cauliflower with Harissa and Yogurt Dip
What is Tagine?
Marrakech, Morocco Chicken Tagine Tagine is both the name of a dish and the name of the special clay pot that resembles a hat. Moroccans use it for almost all their main dishes. This earthenware pot cooks food slowly and keeps meats and vegetables very moist to produce a kind of stew. The triangle shape… Continue reading What is Tagine?
What is Tagine?
Marrakech, Morocco Chicken Tagine Tagine is both the name of a dish and the name of the special clay pot that resembles a hat. Moroccans use it for almost all their main dishes. This earthenware pot cooks food slowly and keeps meats and vegetables very moist to produce a kind of stew. The triangle shape… Continue reading What is Tagine?
Moroccan recipes: Roasted Eggplant Salad
I have fond memories with my grandma, stuffing eggplant with tomato and peppers to make the classic Armenian dish, Imom Bayeldi. This Moroccan dish is very similar to our Armenian recipe, but it gets boosted with a few more spices. The result is a delicious, warm spice version that makes for a great dip. The… Continue reading Moroccan recipes: Roasted Eggplant Salad
Moroccan recipes: Roasted Eggplant Salad
I have fond memories with my grandma, stuffing eggplant with tomato and peppers to make the classic Armenian dish, Imom Bayeldi. This Moroccan dish is very similar to our Armenian recipe, but it gets boosted with a few more spices. The result is a delicious, warm spice version that makes for a great dip. The… Continue reading Moroccan recipes: Roasted Eggplant Salad
Moroccan recipes: Date-Citrus Salad
This recipe is inspired by a semi-recent trip to Marrakech. The three ingredients- mint, dates, and oranges give you a feel for Morocco. Every restaurant and home you went to, you would be offered mint tea. Dates would be found served on the side or used to sweeten smoothies. And oranges— everywhere! Just one hike up… Continue reading Moroccan recipes: Date-Citrus Salad
Moroccan recipes: Date-Citrus Salad
This recipe is inspired by a semi-recent trip to Marrakech. The three ingredients- mint, dates, and oranges give you a feel for Morocco. Every restaurant and home you went to, you would be offered mint tea. Dates would be found served on the side or used to sweeten smoothies. And oranges— everywhere! Just one hike up… Continue reading Moroccan recipes: Date-Citrus Salad