Tunisian Fish Tagine Recipe

The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Tunisian Fish Tagine Recipe. Enjoy tasty & easy  tagine recipes and learn how to make Tunisian Fish Tagine.  

Cook Time: 50 min
Yield: serves 4

Ingredients

4 teaspoons cumin seeds
2 fresh red chiles
5 tablespoons olive oil
700 g (1 lb 6 oz) potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 cm (1/2") cubes
1 1/2 teaspoons tumeric
2 medium onions, sliced into thin rings
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
4 Kaffir lime leaves, optional
2 teaspoons paprika
a pinch of saffron threads infused in 1 1/2 tablespoons warm water
4 x 150-170 g (5-6 oz) fish steaks, cod or hapuku
salt and pepper
2 x 400 g (14 oz) cans Italian tomatoes, pureed and sieved (about 2 cups)
large handful of cilantro to garnish

Directions

Toast the cumin seeds in a dry pan for 2-3 minutes over low heat. Grind to a powder in a mortar and pestle or in a spice grinder and set aside.

Seed the chilies and cut into julienne strips.

Place half of the olive oil in one large frypan and half in a nonstick pan with a lid. Put the potato into the nonstick pan. Add the tumeric and fry, tossing and turning the potatoes.

At the same time in the other pan, fry the onion and celery, stirring occasionally. When the onion begins to soften, add the garlic, lime leaves, chiles, cumin, paprika and saffron. Cook for a further 2-3 minutes, then season lightly with salt and pepper and turn off the heat. Leave in the pan while the potatoes finish cooking.

As soon as the potatoes are cooked, season the fish steaks with salt and pepper and put them on top of the potatoes. Spoon the onion mixture over and around the steaks and pour over the tomatoes. Bring to boil over a medium-high heat, immediately lower it and cover. Cook gently for 7-10 minutes or until the fish is just cooked. Taste and season.

Serve in large warmed bowl, sprinkled with cilantro

Recipe courtesy Everyday Epicurean by Catherine Bell (Ten Speed Press, 2000); Photograph by Kieran Scott 

More Tunisian Recipes

Lamb salad with tzatziki
Vegetable tagine with chickpeas & raisins
Harissa lamb with chickpeas and parsley
Tunisian Couscous
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Lentil Soup 

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Lamb salad with tzatziki recipe

The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Easy Lamb salad with tzatziki  Recipe . Enjoy tasty Middle Eastern food and learn how to make wonderful Lamb salad with tzatziki, quick and healthy.

Cooking Time 5 minutes

Ingredients (serves 4)

1/2 cup couscous
100ml boiling water
olive oil cooking spray
400g lamb loin fillets, trimmed
1/2 cup chargrilled capsicum (in brine), thinly sliced
1 Lebanese cucumber, quartered lengthways, cut into chunks
1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced
75g baby rocket
1/2 lemon, juiced  

Tzatziki
1/2 small Lebanese cucumber, grated
1/2 cup low-fat yoghurt
1/2 garlic clove, crushed
1 tablespoon mint leaves, shredded
1/2 lemon, juiced

Method

1. Make tzatziki: Using your hands, squeeze excess moisture from cucumber. Combine cucumber, yoghurt, garlic, mint and 1 tablespoon lemon juice in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until required.

2. Preheat oven to 200°C. Combine couscous and boiling water in a heatproof bowl. Cover and set aside for 5 minutes or until water is absorbed.

3. Meanwhile, preheat a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Spray lamb with oil. Season with salt and pepper. Cook lamb for 2 minutes each side or until browned. Place on a tray and place in oven. Cook for 5 minutes for medium or until cooked to your liking. Remove from oven. Cover with foil and set aside for 5 minutes to rest. Thickly slice.

 4.Stir couscous with a fork to separate grains. Add capsicum, cucumber, onion, rocket and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Stir to combine. Spoon couscous onto plates. Top with lamb and a dollop of tzatziki. Serve.


Source
Super Food Ideas - September 2006, Page 50
Recipe by Kim Meredit 

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Vegetable tagine with chickpeas & raisins recipe

The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Vegetable tagine with chickpeas & raisins  recipe . Enjoy tasty Middle Eastern food and learn how to make Vegetable tagine with chickpeas & raisins. 
 
We've made getting your five of day simple with this healthy tagine.

Easy
Serves 4
Prep 10 mins
Vegetarian, Low-fat,
Counts as 4 of 5-a-day,
high in fibre

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
2 onions , chopped
½ tsp each ground cinnamon , coriander and cumin
2 large courgettes , cut into chunks
2 chopped tomatoes
400g can chickpeas , rinsed and drained
4 tbsp raisins
425ml vegetable stock
300g frozen peas
chopped coriander , to serve

Method

Heat the oil in a pan, then fry the onions for 5 mins until soft. Stir in the spices. Add the courgettes, tomatoes, chickpeas, raisins and stock, then bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 10 mins. Stir in the peas and cook for 5 mins more. Sprinkle with coriander, to serve.

Try

Serve with couscousCouscous is delicious with tagines. Tip 200g into a bowl and pour over 400ml boiling stock. Cover and leave for 5 mins, then fluff up with a tbsp of olive oil.

Nutrition per serving

246 kcalories, protein 12g, carbohydrate 36g, fat 9 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 9g, sugar 19g, salt 0.52 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2007.

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Harissa lamb with chickpeas and parsley

Enjoy cooking tasty middle eastern dish of Slow-roast harissa lamb shoulder with chickpeas and parsley. Learn how to make the best Harissa lamb with chickpeas and parsley. This recipe consists of harissa, lemon, olive oil, onion, garlic, lamb, dried chickpeas, cumin seeds, and parsley.

Cooking Time Prep time 30 mins, cook 6 hrs (plus marinating, resting)

Ingredients Serves 4
75 gm harissa (see note)
2 lemons, finely grated rind and juice only
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 Spanish onion, cut into wedges
12 garlic cloves, smashed
1.4 kg piece of lamb shoulder, bone in
Crushed chickpeas
400 gm dried chickpeas, soaked overnight in cold water, drained
1 litre (4 cups) chicken stock
75 ml extra-virgin olive oil
1 Spanish onion, thickly sliced
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
2 lemons, finely grated rind and juice only

Cumin and parsley dressing
3 tsp cumin seeds
80 ml (1/3 cup) extra-virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
2 lemons, juice only (or to taste)
¾ cup coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley

Preparation

1. Combine harissa, lemon rind, juice and oil in a bowl, season to taste. Scatter onion and garlic in the base of a roasting pan. Place lamb on top, skin-side up, rub with harissa mixture, cover with plastic wrap, refrigerate for 3 hours.
2. Preheat oven to 150C. Bring lamb to room temperature, add 250ml water to pan, cover with foil, roast for 2½-3 hours, reduce heat to 120C, cook until meat falls from the bone (2½-3 hours). Rest for 10 minutes, coarsely shred.
3. Meanwhile, for crushed chickpeas, place chickpeas in a large saucepan, add stock and 1.25 litres cold water, bring to the boil over medium-high heat, cook until very tender (45-50 minutes), do not drain. Process in a food processor until coarsely chopped, add 60ml oil, process to a coarse paste. Heat remaining oil in a separate saucepan, add onion and garlic, stir occasionally until tender (4-5 minutes), add chickpea mixture with lemon rind and juice, season to taste and keep warm.
4. Meanwhile, for dressing, dry-roast cumin in a small saucepan (1-2 minutes). Add oil and garlic, cook over low heat until garlic is golden and fragrant, remove from heat, add lemon juice, season to taste. Stir in parsley, serve with lamb and chickpeas.

Note Harissa is a north African chilli paste, available from select grocers and delicatessens.

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Tunisian Couscous

Couscous is a tradition dish in Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, and Libya. there are many variations of couscous recipes in each country. This is one of the Tunisian Couscous recipes. Enjoy Tunisian yummy couscous!

Ingredients:

• ½ kilo meat “cut into cubes”
• ½ kilo couscous “you can get this at the super store”
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 onions “cut into small cubes”
• 2 green peppers
• 2 potatoes
• 2 carrots
• Pumpkin “cut into cubes”
• 1 can chickpeas “ready for cooking”
• 4 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon chili powder or harissa
• salt and pepper for seasoning
• ½ tablespoon paprika
• ½ tablespoon cinnamon
• ½ tablespoon cumin
  

Preparation:

• Season the meat with the spices and put it into a pot with the olive oil and onions, fry it for a bit, then add the tomato paste, chickpeas and a cup of water, and let it boil for 15 minutes.

• Cut the vegetables and throw them in the pot, add 1 liter of water and let boil.

• To prepare the couscous, put it into a colander or sifter, over the big pot, wet the couscous and put it into the sifter and steam it for 30 minutes.

• Add the potatoes to the sauce, and rewet the couscous in the sifter with a bit of the sauce “which will give it the red color”, continue cooking for another 20 minutes.

• Put the couscous in a big bowl, pour some sauce over it and stir it, then arrange the vegetables and meat over it, and you’ve got yourself a beautiful, yummy Tunisian dish!

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Harissa

What is Harissa?
Harissa is a North African hot red sauce or paste made from chili peppers (often smoked or dried) and garlic, often with coriander and caraway or cumin and served with olive oil. It may also contain tomatoes. It somewhat resembles sambal and chili sauce. One well-known and expensive variety, "rose harissa," also includes rose petals.

Harissa is used both as a condiment and as an ingredient in recipes. It has been described as an important item in Tunisian cuisine. Harissa is also used in a few recipes of other North African cuisines, namely Morocco, Algeria and Libya, though it is often treated as a condiment to be served on the side. Moroccan couscous and Algerian couscous is generally served with Harissa sauce.

In Tunisia, harissa is served at virtually every meal as part of an appetizer along with olives and tuna. It is also used as an ingredient in a meat (goat or lamb) or fish stew with vegetables. Harissa is also used to flavour the sauce for couscous. It is also used for lablabi, a popular chickpea soup usually eaten for breakfast. Lemon juice is sometimes added to offset the richness of the sauce. In Saharan regions, harissa can have a smoky flavor.

The paste (which may vary from one Tunisian region to another) is also sold in tubes, jars and cans, and in the West is eaten with pasta, in sandwiches and on pizza. In some European countries like Germany it is very popular as a breakfast spread for tartines or rolls, and in almost every supermarket one will find varieties of Harissa or Harissa-themed spreads. Harissa paste can be also used as a meat or aubergine rub.

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces mild and hot chilies (combine ancho, New Mexican, and guajillo chiles.
• 1 clove garlic -- crushed with salt
• 1/4 teaspoon salt -- for above
• 1 teaspoon coriander -- ground
• 1 teaspoon caraway seed -- ground
• 1 red bell pepper -- roasted
• 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
• olive oil
  

Preparation:

1. Stem Seed and break up chilies. Place in a bowl and pour over boiling water. Cover and let stand 30 minutes. Drain; wrap in cheese cloth and press out excess moisture. Do the same for the red Bell Pepper.
2. Grind chilies in food processor with garlic spices, red bell pepper, and salt. Add enough oil to make a thick paste.
3. Pack the mixture in a small dry jar; cover the harissa with a thin layer of oil, cover with a lid and keep refrigerated. Will keep 2 to 3 weeks in the refrigerator with a thin layer of oil.
   

Harissa Sauce:

• Serve at the table as an accompaniment to meat or fish, the heighten the flavor of salads, or as an accompaniment to Tunisian couscous:
• Combine 4 teaspoons harissa paste, 4 teaspoons water, 2 teaspoon olive oil, and 1 or 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice in a small bowl and blend well makes 1/4 cup.
  

Katayef

Katayef is the traditional sweet that is made during the Holy month of Ramadan. It's well known in all Arab Countries. It is really simple to make, and as long as they are pinched closed, they should come out great!!

Ingredients:

• 6 cups of flour
• 1 teaspoon of yeast (ferment)
• 6 cups of milk
• 3 cups of fresh Kushta cream
• 3 cups of home made kushta
• 3 cups of minced walnut
• 1 cup of powdery sugar
• 1 tablespoon of rose water
• 2 tablespoons of orange-flower water
• 1/2 cup of lemmon jam
• 1/2 cup of fine pistachio
• 6 cups of frying oil
• 3 cups of Syrup
  

Preparation:

1. Mix the flour,yeast (ferment) and the milk until you get a soft and combined dough.
2. Keep it aside until it gets double the size.
3. Fill the pouring bad (that has a steel head) with part of the dough.
4. Start pouring small circles on a steel pan you have put on the fire.
5. You can make the circles as big or as small as you like.
6. After 1 minute of pouring the circles turn the Katayef to the other side for 2 seconds and then we take them off the steel pan.
7. Mix the finely minced walnuts with the powdery sugar, rose water, orange-flower water.
8. Take 1 teaspoon of the mixture and distribute it at the middle of the Katayef .
9. Do the same thing with the Kushta, take 1 table spoon and distribute at the middle of the Katayef.
10. You can make 6 of the walnut mixture and another 6 of the Kushta filling, it depends on the quantity you want from each.
11. Close the Katayef (with the filling inside) to make a half moon shape. Close it tightly by pressing on the edges of the dough.
12. Fry the filled Kateyef with the oil until it gets a golden color.
13. Take them out and put them in the Syrup for few minutes.
14. Take them out of the Syrup and serve them hot.

How to make katayef - Video: