TAJINE

Saya bukanlah pandai sangat memasak. Tapi saya selalu berangan nak cuba resepi-resepi baru lebih-lebih lagi kalau dah terbukti masakan tu sedap.

Last year, I had the pleasure to get to know a nice person from Morocco. She taught me how to cook a moroccan dish called 'tagine'. It has been featured in Astro's 'travel n living'. Traditionally, the dish is cooked in a special pot made of clay. Since I don't have the pot, we just used whatever pot that I have in my kitchen. You can use beef or chicken to cook this dish. One special ingredient used in tagine is saffron. It gives colour, flavour and makes tagine smell good. Masakan ni guna minyak zaitun dan buah zaitun. Bila daging atau ayam dah nak masak, kita bakar pulak dalam oven sampai masak. Kalau nak letak carrot pun boleh. Sebelum di hidang, tagine boleh di hias dgn kentang dadu yg dah digoreng dan daun parsley yang dah di cincang halus.

Best masakan ni. I managed to cook this dish for my open house last year dan beberapa kali lagi selepas tu (Tahun ni belum buat lagi). Boleh di makan dengan nasi atau roti.

Tips: Cara-cara menyimpan daun parsley supaya tahan lama:

1. basuh bersih-bersih dan kering kan

2. cincang halus dan masukkan ke dalam bekas/plastik. (bekas berpenutup is better sbb nanti senang nak ambil masa nak guna nanti)

3. simpan dalam freezer. boleh tahan berbulan-bulan (kalau tak di makan le. kalau makan sekejap je dah habis ;-) )

p/s: teringin pulak nak makan tagine ni. kalau sempat I'll cook tagine one of these days.