Evening meal
Lamb and chickpea stew
A slow-simmered Mediterranean-style lamb and chickpea stew with tomatoes and cumin, suitable for batch cooking and freezing.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 60 min
- Total
- 75 min
- Portions
- 4
- Moderate
- Trying to conceive
- Preparing for fertility treatment
- Iron-containing
- Mediterranean-style
- Fibre-rich

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Ingredients
For 4 portions. Tick items as you go — nothing is changed for anyone else.
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Method
- Step 1. Heat the oil in a large pan and brown the lamb in batches.
- Step 2. Add the onion and garlic and cook until softened.
- Step 3. Stir in the cumin, tomatoes, chickpeas and stock.
- Step 4. Cover and simmer gently for 45–50 minutes until the lamb is tender and cooked through with no pink meat remaining.
- Step 5. Check the stew is piping hot throughout before serving.
- Step 6. Scatter with fresh coriander to serve.
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