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🍽️ Lamb Tajine with Chickpeas and Orange

519 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 800 g lamb meat (kitchen-ready, shoulder)
• 2 onions
• 1.5 cm fresh ginger
• 1 clove garlic
• 400 g chickpeas (can)
• 1 unpeeled orange
• 2 tbsp ghee
• 0.5 tsp ground turmeric
• 0.5 tsp ground cumin
• 1 pinch ground coriander
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon
• 400 g chopped tomatoes (can)
• 150 ml meat broth
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 2 tbsp roasted almond slivers
• parsley (for garnish)

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the meat under cold water and pat it dry with a kitchen towel.
2. 2. Cut the meat into bite-sized cubes.
3. 3. Peel the onions, ginger, and garlic.
4. 4. Finely chop the onions, ginger, and garlic.
5. 5. Drain the chickpeas in a sieve.
6. 6. Peel the orange and remove the white pith as well.
7. 7. Slice the orange flesh into rounds.
8. 8. Heat ghee in the tajine.
9. 9. Sear the meat in the hot ghee.
10. 10. Add the chopped onions, garlic, ginger, and spices to the tajine.
11. 11. Let the ingredients sweat for a short time.
12. 12. Pour the tomatoes into the tajine.
13. 13. Add the broth.
14. 14. Close the lid of the tajine.
15. 15. Simmer the dish over medium heat for about 45 minutes.
16. 16. Add the orange slices to the tajine.
17. 17. Add the chickpeas to the tajine.
18. 18. Stir everything well.
19. 19. Let the dish simmer for another 15 minutes.
20. 20. Season the dish with salt and pepper.
21. 21. Sprinkle the finished dish with slivered almonds.
22. 22. Garnish the dish with parsley.
23. 23. Serve the tajine warm.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 519
• Protein: 53 g · Fett/Fat: 22 g · Carbs: 27 g