Lovely Tagine

Feeds four hungry adults
light the oven on gas mark 6
You will need either a Tagine dish or a cast iron casserole that will go in the oven

Ingredients
5 tbs olive oil
2 carrots (sliced)
1 sweet potato (cut into chunks)
1/2 a butternut squash ( in chunks)
1 courgette (sliced)
1 small aubergine ( in chunks)
1 red pepper diced
1 thinly sliced onion
3 thinly sliced cloves of garlic
1 tin of tomatoes
1 tin drained chick peas
1 tbs tagine paste
1 tbs maple syrup or honey
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
A few dried apricots

Method

1. Toss  the prepared vegetables in 3 tbs of olive oil in a bowl with plenty of salt and pepper
2. Heat a non stick frying pan and cook the vegetables in batches for 3-4 mins till starting to brown a little... then pop them in a bowl for later
3. When the veg is done add the rest of the olive oil to the pan and gently fry the finely sliced onions for a few minutes until soft and just starting to brown
4. Add the thinly sliced garlic the coriander and cumin, fry for a couple of minutes
5. Add the tomatoes the tagine paste and the maple syrup or honey stir the mix to amalgamate
6. Add the chickpeas apricots and the pre prepared vegetables mix together and cook for about 5 minutes.. 
7. Transfer all to the tagine dish. Bake for 30 minutes