Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Moroccan Spiced Skewers



A delicious weeknight meal that's easy and healthy.  I've included the Moroccan spice recipe, but you can always buy the ready-made mix from the supermarket.

Ingredients:
1 large red capsicum, cut in 2cm pieces
400g butternut pumpkin, peeled, cut into 2cm pieces
400g lamb or beef steaks, cubed
2 small red onions, cut into thin wedges
Olive oil
400g chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Moroccan Spice Mix
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon mild paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon salt

Method:
Preheat oven to 200 degrees celsius/180 degrees fan-forced.  Combine ingredients for spice mix in a bowl.  Place capsicum and pumpkin on a lined baking tray and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon spice mix.  Bake for 20 minutes or until pumpkin is tender.

Place remaining spice mix and meat in a bowl.  Toss to coat.  Thread lamb and onion onto 8 bamboo skewers (soak the skewers before hand to prevent them from burning).  Oil a barbecue plate, chargrill or frying pan and put heat to medium-high.  Cook skewers, turning occasionally, for about 8-10 minutes or until cooked to your liking.

Combine capsicum, pumpkin, chickpeas. parsley and lemon juice in a bowl.  Toss to combine.  Serve skewers on top of capsicum mixture.

1 comment:

Jess Holmes said...

We made these for dinner the other night Ness. They were just lovely! A great healthy meal, and a little bit different to the usual! thank you!

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