I have just purchased a Tagine. It's great for cooking with the spices I love in my Healthy Meals.
For example Tumeric is good for the immune system and helps fight Dementia.
Cumin - Helps to control insulin and blood sugar and helps to increase fatloss
Coriander and Rosemary helps to releave depression.
Cayenne - A good hot spice that really perks up your dishes as well as your metabulism and helps burn the fat away.
Here's a little recipe to try you can use this with your fatloss programes as no oils are used in this recipe
Moroccan Lamb Tagine
1 tsn cayenne pepper - 2tsp ras el hanout
2 tsp ground black pepper - 2 tsp harissa spices
1½ tbsp paprika -
1½ tbsp ground ginger
1 tbsp turmeric
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 kg lamb cut into bite sized pieces. All fat removed.
2 large red onions, chopped finely
Fry light fat free spray
3-4 cloves garlic, crushed
Good squeeze Tomato puree
1 x 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
115g/4oz dried apricots, cut in half
1 tsp saffron stamens, soaked in cold water
3/4 pint lamb or chicken stock
2 tbsp coriander, roughly chopped
2 tbsp flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
To cook
1. Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas2.
2. Place the cayenne, black pepper, paprika, ginger, turmeric and
cinnamon into a small bowl and mix to combine. Place the lamb in a
large bowl and toss together with half of the spice mix. Cover and
leave overnight in the fridge.
3. Spray fry light in a large frying pan.
Add the grated onion and the remaining spice mix and cook over a
gentle heat for 10 minutes so that the onions are soft but not
browned. Add the crushed garlic for the final 3 minutes.
4. In a separate frying pan, heat fry light spray and brown the cubes
of lamb on all sides then add the browned meat to the tagine dish.
5. Add the remaining chopped tomatoes, apricots, saffron, lamb stock to
the tagine dish. Bring to the boil, cover with the top. Place in
the oven and cook for 2-2½ hours or until the meat is meltingly
tender. It can aslo be cooked on the top of the cooker at as very low heat.
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