Freekeh With Harissa-Roasted Vegetables Recipe

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Freekeh with Harissa-Roasted Vegetables
Serves4
Total Time1 hours
Nutrition Per PortionRDA
Calories339 Kcal17%
Fat15 g21%
Saturated Fat2 g10%

If you’re looking for an aubergine recipe or courgette recipe to use up any of the veg you’ve got left over, give this tasty freekah dish a go.

With plenty of veg, including courgettes, onions, red peppers and cooked freekah, along with aubergines, this dish will give you a good dose of your five-a-day and can be easily packaged up and taken for lunch too.

Freekah is a grain that’s high in fibre and protein, so it’s a really healthy grain option. While aubergine is also high in fibre as well as being rich in antioxidants – especially nasunin, an antioxidant that’s found in the skin of an aubergine.

This dish would make an excellent side dish at a party or can be cooked up in batches for your lunch for the whole week – just don’t be surprised if the rest of the family wants some too!

HOW TO MAKE FREEKAH WITH HARISSA-ROASTED VEGETABLES

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 170C fan, gas 5. Put the courgettes, aubergines, onions and peppers in a bowl. Add the harissa paste and oil plus plenty of seasoning, then toss well to combine. Put onto 1-2 lined baking trays and roast until tender, about 35 minutes.

  2. Return to the bowl, add the freekeh, parsley and lemon juice, and mix well. Pop onto a serving platter and scatter over the nuts.

Ingredients

  • 2 courgettes, cut into chunks
  • 4 mini (brinjal) aubergines, halved, or one large, cut into chunks
  • 3 red onions, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 2 red peppers, cut into chunks
  • 1tbsp harissa paste
  • 3tbsp olive oil
  • 250g cooked freekeh
  • 3tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 25g toasted hazelnuts, chopped
Jane Curran

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