Sweet Potato and Chickpea Slow Cooker Tagine
A tagine is usually cooked in… well, a tagine. It’s a North African stew that’s named after the pot it’s cooked in, with its characteristic pointy top ( something like this!).
I do actually have a lovely tagine, but I know not everybody does – not everyone has space in their kitchen for a piece of cookware that’s dedicated to one particular dish (to be honest, I don’t either, but I’ve crammed it in somewhere). Slow cookers are much more common, and much more versatile, so this time I thought I’d make a slow cooker tagine, with sweet potatoes and chickpeas.
You can put whatever kinds of vegetables you like in your slow cooker tagine, as long as you make sure it’s the kind of veg that benefits from long, slow cooking. I probably wouldn’t add courgette (zucchini) or anything similar, as it will just cook down to a squidgy mess.
Something like aubergine (eggplant) is perfect – it ends up nice and juicy and soft, and melts in your mouth, but still holds its shape. You’ll often find dried fruit (dried apricots, that kind of thing) in a tagine, but I prefer using sweet potato, which adds a bit more of a subtle sweetness.
This slow cooker tagine is perfect served with couscous and a dollop of yogurt (use soy yogurt to keep everything vegan), plus a sprinkling of chopped mint to make it feel really nice and fresh. I love this kind of healthy comfort food!
Sweet Potato and Chickpea Slow Cooker Tagine
Recipe details
- 4 people
- Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 4 Hours Total time: 4 hr 10 min
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