Moroccan Sweet Potato And Chickpea Soup Food

MOROCCAN SWEET POTATO STEW

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in a microwave-safe bowl and add a splash of the broth. Cook in the microwave until slightly softened, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a soup pot over medium heat. Add onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook and stir for 3 to 5 minutes. Add softened sweet potatoes, remaining broth, chickpeas, tomatoes, lemon juice, ginger, cumin, curry powder, coriander, chili powder, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cover pot. Simmer soup until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Stir raisins and peanut butter into soup and simmer 5 minutes more. Adjust spices if necessary.

MOROCCAN SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°
• Line a baking sheet with parchment or foil
• Scrub sweet potatoes well, then poke several times with a fork
• Bake sweet potatoes on prepared pan in the center of oven 1 hour, or until tender
• In a large pot or dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat
• Add onion, celery, and garlic, and cook, stirring often, about 5 minutes, or until onions are translucent.
• Add cumin, paprika, coriander, turmeric, pepper flakes, caraway, and cinnamon. Cook and stir until fragrant.
• Add stock, chickpeas, and lemon juice and bring back to a boil
• Slice potatoes in half lengthwise, and scoop out the flesh, adding to the pot
• Use an immersion blender right in the pot to puree the soup, blending until smooth, or, transfer in batches to a blender, using care not to overfill, and keeping the vent open.
• Taste and season with salt & pepper
• Serve hot, with lemon wedges, hot sauce if desired, and garnished with parsley and Spiced Lemon Roasted Chickpeas

MOROCCAN SWEET POTATO AND CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, add onion and garlic and cook for 3 minutes.
• Stir in spices and cook for a further 2 minutes.
• add sweet potato and carrot and sweat well for 10 minutes.
• add stock and cover, bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add chick peas and simmer for further 10 mins until chick peas are tender.
• Blend until smooth, season well with salt and fresh black pepper and add lemon juice to taste.

MOROCCAN CHICKPEAS AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine the onion, garlic, ginger, and wine or sherry.
• Cover and sweat over low heat for 5 minutes.
• Add the cumin, cinnamon, paprika, and red pepper flakes and cook, uncovered, 1 minute longer.
• Add the water or chickpea cooking liquid, salt, sweet potatoes, and apricots.
• Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer until the sweet potatoes are just tender, about 15 minutes.
• Add the chickpeas, raisins, and lemon juice.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes, until the chickpeas are hot.
• Add the sliced almonds.