Can other vegetables be used instead of pumpkin in the Tajine?

Yes, you can also use sweet potatoes, zucchini, or eggplant.

What is a good side dish for the Tajine with pumpkin, chicken, and dates?

Couscous or quinoa is a good side dish here.

Tajine with pumpkin, chicken, and dates

Name: Tajine with pumpkin, chicken, and dates
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4P
Ingredients: 2 tbsp peanut oil; 8 chicken thighs; Freshly ground black pepper and salt; 8 Medjool dates; 2 onions, finely chopped; 6 cloves of garlic, finely chopped; 1 small pumpkin of approx. 800g; 4 large carrots; 3 tomatoes; 500 g chicken broth; 15 green olives; 1 tsp paprika powder; 1 tsp cinnamon powder; 3 cm ginger, finely chopped; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 250 g semolina of your choice; Harissa

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50min

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Easy

Tajine is one of the most famous Moroccan dishes. The ingredients are prepared in a clay pot that you heat.

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Ingredients

What do you need?

Quantity: 4P

2 tbsp peanut oil
8 chicken thighs
Freshly ground black pepper and salt
8 Medjool dates
2 onions, finely chopped
6 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 small pumpkin of approx. 800g
4 large carrots
3 tomatoes
500 g chicken broth
15 green olives
1 tsp paprika powder
1 tsp cinnamon powder
3 cm ginger, finely chopped
1 tsp cumin seeds
250 g semolina of your choice
Harissa

Preparation method

How do you make this?

Season the thighs and brown them all around in the bottom of the tajine with peanut oil, set them aside.

Add garlic, onion, ginger, crushed cumin, cinnamon, and paprika powder and sauté everything together until it starts to smell delicious and spicy.

If necessary, add a bit more oil, deglaze with the broth, add tomatoes, and let simmer for a while, season with pepper and salt.

Cut the tomatoes into cubes, peel the carrots and cut them into 2 pieces, peel the pumpkin, remove the seeds, and cut into pieces.

Arrange the vegetables together with the thighs in a tower shape in the tajine, making sure the lid fits on, let simmer together for about 30 minutes, add the olives and push the dates into the sauce.

Let it simmer for another 10 minutes.

Cook the semolina as indicated on the package.

Set everything on the table, serve with some harissa if you like it spicy.