10 Tasty Vegetable Tagine Recipes to Make Tonight!

Tagine is a stew-like Moroccan dish that is named after the pot that it is cooked in. The traditional version usually includes meat, but these vegan tagine recipes are made with vegetable, beans, fruits, and plant-based meats. If you’re looking for something that is full of flavor and will keep you full, you’ve come to the right place. Vegan tagine is such a hearty and fragrant dish. Plus, it’s a great way to use a lot of leftover vegetables that you don’t have enough to use on their own. Switch up your dinner tonight with one of these tasty vegan tagine recipes! Don’t worry if you don’t have a tagine–you can definitely make these recipes without one and they’ll taste just as amazing!

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1. Cauliflower and Chickpea Tagine

Source: Cauliflower and Chickpea Tagine

A tagine is an earthenware pot from North African cuisine that is used to cook tagine, a warm, spicy stew that is often served with couscous. The best part about tagine cooking is you can throw all your ingredients in the pot, cover, and let it cook until it’s done. But, even if you don’t have a tagine, you can make this Cauliflower and Chickpea Tagine by Talida Voinea! This hearty stew has a spicy, slightly sweet tomato base that is packed with tender cauliflower and chickpea. It’s perfect for serving with flatbread and your favorite grains.

2. Orange Vegetables Tagine With Peaches

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This Orange Vegetables Tagine With Peaches by Ksenia Prints is an earthy dish, full of grounding flavors like yam, pumpkin, chickpeas, harissa, raisins, and peaches. The perfect juxtaposition of sweet and savory! The great secret of an authentic tagine is to simmer the ingredients over a low heat so that everything remains deliciously moist and tender. If you do not have a tagine, feel free to cook the dish in a heavy casserole dish or dutch oven.

3. Mouthwatering Moroccan-Style Tagine

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This Mouthwatering Moroccan-Style Tagine by Mouthwatering Vegan (Miriam Sorrell) can be enjoyed whenever your heart desires. This is a rich tagine, with long-lingering flavors, that will bring to life each and every taste bud you have – you’ll also realize you have more of them than you thought.  It’s something between a mild but full flavored curry, and a heavenly chutney.  A very exciting dish, and a great treat for non-vegans who love a little spice.

4. Stovetop Lemon Roasted Eggplant Tagine

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This Stovetop Lemon Roasted Eggplant Tagine by Sasha Gill is rich, perfectly spiced, and will melt in your mouth – it’s the definition of middle eastern comfort food. A tagine is a heavy clay pot that is used in Moroccan cooking to stew a wealth of ingredients until all of the flavors combine into a symphony of deliciousness. But even if you don’t have a tagine, this stovetop version of the dish is just as good as the classic method.

5. Quinoa Vegetable Tagine

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Comforting, hearty, wholesome, and aromatic, this Quinoa Vegetable Tagine by Danya Dhanak is a comforting, gluten-free take on a classic Moroccan dish. The flavors are dominated by harissa, a blend of Moroccan flavors like turmeric (haldi), cumin seeds (jeera), and ginger are all part of our everyday Indian cooking yet together they add a distinct flavor that feels authentically Moroccan. You can also add in cauliflower, broccoli and any other root vegetables you’d like as well.

6. Roasted Veggie Moroccan Tagine

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What’s not to love about perfectly roasted veggies, delicious rich tomato and harissa gravy in the theatre of the tagine? This Roasted Veggie Moroccan Tagine recipe by Susie Garden is super easy to make at home, with or without a tagine to cook it in.

7. Lentil and Pumpkin Tagine Stuffed Peppers 

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Sometimes it’s the simple dishes that give the most glee. Case in point, these Lentil and Pumpkin Tagine Stuffed Peppers by Margaux Mouton. Stuffed with hearty lentils and steamed pumpkin, along with green beans and rice, they’re bright, colorful, warm, and comforting. They’re easy to whip up for dinner and so filling, you won’t even need sides — but save room for dessert.

8. Seitan Tagine With Apricots and Dates

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Tagine is a traditional Moroccan meat stew that’s cooked in a “tagine,” a type of cooking vessel from which the dish takes its name. This plant-based Seitan Tagine With Apricots and Dates by  Josephine Watmore is made with seitan, apricots, and dates, and it’s a hearty and flavorful dish that’s perfect for entertaining!

9. Chickpea Butternut Tagine

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This Chickpea Butternut Tagine by Clémence Moulaert is the perfect feel-good food. Plus it is super easy and quick to make! Cooking the couscous and vegetables takes less than 15 minutes if you use canned chickpeas.

10. Tempeh Tagine Bowl

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This Tempeh Tagine Bowl by Laura Hemmington is nutritious, filling, simple to make and absolutely delicious. Packed with the spiced, vibrant flavors of a tagine, and the sweetness of roasted squash.

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