How To Make Root Vegetable Stew
A warm comforting bowl of stew with carrots, chickpea, and other root vegetables. You can easily make this dish in under an hour.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1tbspolive oil
- 1tbspcanola oil
- 2small yellow onion,diced
- 2lbsyukon gold potatoes,scrubbed clean and diced
- 2canschickpeas,drained
- 1lbcarrots,peeled and diced
- 3large garlic cloves,minced
- 4cupsvegetable broth
- 1cupwater
- 2tspground ginger,or equal amount of fresh ginger, minced very finely
- 1tbspground cumin
- 2tspground coriander
- 2tspsalt
- ¼tspground black pepper
- ½tspground cinnamon
- ¼cupturkish apricots,chopped dried
- cherries,dried, optional
- turkish apricots,additional chopped dried for garnish, optional
- pita bread,to serve or scoop or dip with
Instructions
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Put olive and canola oil in large heavy bottomed pot. Brown onions on high heat.
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Add spices and garlic to onions and cook for another 15 seconds to release the flavor of the spices.
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Add broth and water to pot. Add potatoes and carrots and chopped apricots.
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Cook uncovered on high for 20 to 30 minutes or until the potatoes start to break down in stew and the liquids have been absorbed.
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To serve, spoon into bowl, garnish with chopped parsley if desired.
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Also delicious if topped with additional chopped apricots and dried cherries.
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For children eating purees, add water to small food processor and puree until smooth.
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If able to eat on their own, you can make the puree and add some pita triangles to serve as a dip.
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My daughter loves anything she can dip. You could also add the chopped apricots and cherries and call them sprinkles.
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The bright fruit flavor is something your kid may really appreciate.
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It is a bit difficult to make a stew into something more fancy, but think of your plates, or matching napkins.
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You can also serve the stew over some orzo or brown rice.
Nutrition
- Calories: 308.18kcal
- Fat: 6.98g
- Saturated Fat: 0.69g
- Trans Fat: 0.01g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.08g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.87g
- Carbohydrates: 53.24g
- Fiber: 11.80g
- Sugar: 9.14g
- Protein: 10.97g
- Sodium: 910.65mg
- Calcium: 106.52mg
- Potassium: 870.83mg
- Iron: 3.00mg
- Vitamin A: 483.62µg
- Vitamin C: 28.63mg
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