Guelmim Off The Beaten Path Tips by Bigjones

How to cook a delicious tajine - Final Step

At laaaast !!! Four hours later, our tajine is finally ready.

It was midnight. Sarah woke up (she was having a little nap, Ramadan is indeed pretty tiring), I stopped smoking the "chicha" (narguile), we were all ready to taste our meal with some Moroccan bread and ... our fingers of course !!

Hmmmm ... this tajine was the best I've ever tasted ;-))

How to cook a delicious tajine - Step 2

Buy some good meat (chicken or lamb, but no pork please !)

Euh ... actually ... may be you can try to find another butcher shop than this one on the picture !

Don't forget the olives, currants and different spices (coriander, safran, curcuma, paprika, cumin, ginger, ras el hanout)

How to cook a delicious tajine - Step 1 bis

An alternative to the souk : you can also buy your vegetables (and/or meat and/or fish) from one of the street vendors ...

How to cook a delicious tajine - Step 1

Go to the "souk " (market) and buy all necessary ingredients : potatoes, tomatoes, zucchinis, onions, carrots, etc.

How to cook a delicious tajine - Step 3

After you peeled the potatoes, the zucchinis and the carrots, cut them into pieces, made your peas boil, sliced the onions, you can pour some oil in the terracotta recipient called "tajine", add the meat, the onions and the spices and allow the dish to simmer. When the meat seems cooked, add the rest of the ingredients and wait .... Cooking a tajine takes a lot of time so be patient ... very patient .... very very patient.
If you're getting bored while waiting for your meal, why not preparing some pomegranates for the dessert ?