Vegan Butternut Squash and Chickpea Tagine

    10m prep time
    45m total time
    Easy level
    14 ingredients

Achieve all five of your five-a-day with this easy vegan tagine. It's bursting with a variety of delicious vegetables, including courgettes, tomatoes and butternut squash, alongside store cupboard staples such as chickpeas and dried apricots

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Heat the oil in a heavy-based pan, then slowly cook the sliced onions for around 10 mins until starting to caramelise. Stir in the diced butternut squash, diced courgette and tagine spice paste, tomato puree and cook for a further 2 mins. Season with salt and pepper.

Step 2

Add the vegetable stock and bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Now add the drained chickpeas. Add the apricots and allow to gently simmer for another 15 mins or until all the vegetables are tender and the sauce has reduced.

Step 3

While the tagine is simmering, pour the cous cous into a medium bowl and cover with boiling water, salt and pepper. Add a stock cube for a bit more flavour if you wish. Cover the bowl with a plate or cling film and leave to stand for 10 minutes. Use a fork to fluff the cous cous.

Step 4

If you would like to serve your tagine with a Tahini dressing, simply mix the vegan yogurt, tahini, lemon juice and zest together with a pinch of salt. Scatter over the pomegranate seeds (if using) and serve with the hot tagine and fluffy cous cous.
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 100g Dried Apricots, cut in half 1 x Sainsbury's Apricots 200g
  • 2 tbsp Olive Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil, Extra Virgin 1L
  • 1 Lemon, juice and zest 1 x Sainsbury's Lemons
  • 2 Large Courgettes, cut into chunks 2 x Sainsbury's Courgettes Loose
  • 80g Pomegranate Seeds 1 x Sainsbury's Pomegranate 80g
  • 1 heaped tbsp Tomato Puree 1 x Sainsbury's Tomato Puree, Double Concentrate 200g
  • 2 Onions, chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Onions Loose
  • 4 heaped tbsp Tagine Paste, or half the amount of harissa paste 1 x Belazu Tagine Paste 170g
  • 100g Vegan Yogurt 1 x Alpro Plain No Sugars Soya Dairy Free Yoghurt Alternative 500g
  • 1 Tin Chickpea, rinsed and drained 1 x Sainsbury's Chickpeas in Water 400g (240g*)
  • 350ml Vegetable Stock 1 x Sainsbury's Vegetable Stock Cubes 10 x 10g
  • 3 tbsp Tahini 1 x Al'Fez Middle Eastern Natural Tahini 160g
  • 300g Cous Cous 1 x Sainsbury's Cous Cous 500g
  • 400g Butternut Squash Slices, diced 1 x Sainsbury's Butternut Squash Slices, Inspired to Cook 400g
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