Tomato, Date and Chickpea Tagine

Name: Tomato, Date and Chickpea Tagine
Cuisine: Moroccan, African
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil or unsalted butter; 1 large onion (peeled and finely diced); 1 x 400 grams can of whole plum tomatoes; 120 grams soft dried pitted dates (halved); 4 cloves of garlic (peeled and finely chopped); 1 small bunch fresh coriander (leaves roughly chopped, stalks reserved); 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon or 1 cinnamon stick; 2 pared strips of unwaxed lemons zest and the juice of ½ lemon; 2 x 400 grams cans of chickpeas (drained and rinsed); salt; freshly ground black pepper; 200 grams natural yogurt; juice of ½ lemon; 1 pinch of salt (to taste); couscous; brown butter (see note below) or olive oil

Instructions

Tomatoes and dates blitzed and cooked together here with some chubby chickpeas (garbanzos) make for a mind-blowingly good sweet, sharp and fruity flavour. Like many things (cheese, wine, human beings...), this dish improves with age; it tastes better after a good rest. Make it the day before, refrigerate and reheat. It really is effortless to make. Some brown butter would be an excellent addition on top to serve; good olive oil is also fine and less of a faff. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.

Updated at: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:11:18 GMT