Tajine (Moroccan stew pot) by Jean-Luc_Ajrarn
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Since my cancer kicked in, I cook a lot more (now that I am able to).
I am getting really good at it, and it helps my wife as well as my self-esteem! :)
Here's my new culinary gear: a tajine - also spelled tagine - Morrocan clay stew pot.
Photo angle / view is deceiving, making the dish look smaller / with a bigger lid than it really is.
Check there for tajine photos on the wikipedia page to have a better idea:
Tajine on Wikipedia
It takes very little energy / heat to cook things, and it takes around 2½ hours for a chicken dish (more like 4 hours for a lamb or beef dish), is inexpensive and low tech.
I used it once already, and cooked two chicken legs with onions and carrots, seasoned with Ras El Hanout (Morrocan traditional spice blend).
Ras El Hanout: The Secret Ingredient in Moroccan Cooking; Lifting Chicken and Vegetables from the Ordinary to the Sublime
It also is a "short prep time, set and forget" kind of cooking style, as the tajine cooks slowly and keeps the steam in, because of the conic lid (which has a small hole for extra steam to go out), so I used the cooking time to make naan bread to go with the chicken dish.
(Moroccan traditional bread is different than naan - traditional Indian / middle eastern bread - but we love naan, and it did go awesomely together. :)
It was positively DELICIOUS! The chicken was moist and oh so tender, the meat pulled from the bone with no effort, and the veggies were awesome too.
I definitely will use my tajine often to cook from now on! :)
Previously: "Jean-Luc's new gear"

Comments (10)
interesting tool!! thanks for sharing!
Nom, nom, nom! And beautifully painted, too. :)
Yes, thanks. I've heard of these but never felt the urge, no... need, to mess with one. You've done it now! Really appreciate the links and hope you do well on the health front.
Very inviting Jean-Luc hang in there
I took two photo of today's dish, will post the best one tomorrow! :)
nice
Wow Jean-Luc, this is such a cool stew pot and I had no idea it existed.
this is a beautiful pot, thanks for sharing the photo and the info.
yeah it occupies you,it gives you self esteem as you mentionned and it fills the stomach.
Thank you, all! :)