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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal336
    low
  • fat7g
    low
  • saturates1g
  • carbs46g
  • sugars16g
  • fibre17g
  • protein13g
  • salt0.8g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oil in a large frying pan add the onion and garlic and stir-fry briefly to soften them a little. Add the spices, then pour in the tomatoes with 1 can of water then stir in the chopped lemon zest, tomato purée, olives and bouillon powder. Add the carrots and cauliflower to the pan then cover and cook for 15 mins until they are just tender. Stir in the lentils with the liquid from the can and the coriander.

  • step 2

    While the tagine is cooking, cook the bulgur following pack instructions. If you're doing the Healthy Diet Plan, serve half with half of the tagine and chill the remainder for another night.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2017

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A star rating of 3.6 out of 5.18 ratings

Dagmara Myszus

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Lovely dish! I used freekeh instead of bulgur and omitted boullion powder. I also reduced chilli to 1 tsp as my kids don't like very hot curries. Very good and easy to prepare family meal.

Charlottenberg

question

Why don’t BBC good food recipes give equivalent weight for using dry lentils and pulses? Lentils are so quick and easy to cook.

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goodfoodteam

Thanks for your question. Some of our recipes do use dried pulses but for ease and preparation time in this recipe we have gone for canned. We offer alternatives where possible but due to the volume of recipes we create and triple test, it's not always possible to give a variety of options.

catie74

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Cooked my own lentils and increased the amount as didn't use the bulgur wheat. Only used a little lemon zest and not peel chopped up. We used way more black olives too because the kids love them. Served with chicken thighs

mrs_n-2

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

This is nice but difficult to get excited about. Perfectly acceptable for an ordinary weekday tea.

jose81

A healthy and warming veg fest - but it didn't go down brilliantly with two under fives and probably wouldn't cook again. A bit too lemony with the chopped peel some found. Used pinto beans instead of lentils and black olives instead of kalamata. That said, have whizzed it up with cream and…

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