Harissa Carrots And Preserved Lemon Potatoes: Helen Graham’s Recipes For Roasting Vegetables With Hawaij Spice Mix

Hawaij is simply a Yemeni herb operation that came into my life during my clip astatine the Palomar successful London, and it has not near my herb cupboard ever since. It’s a operation of turmeric, achromatic pepper, cardamom and crushed coriander, giving it an earthy, vegetal flavour, and it’s traditionally utilized successful soups and stews; it’s besides a cardinal constituent successful zhoug, a spicy coriander and chilli sauce. It’s 1 of nan astir enlivening and versatile herb mixes I know, and should beryllium your everlastingly companion, too.

Harissa roast carrots, mango labneh and mint (pictured top)

Mango chutney is simply a wonderment constituent – I usage it successful marinades for robust, spiced fruitiness or, arsenic here, I operation it done labneh for a highly delicious combination. If you’re making nan labneh from scratch, there’ll beryllium leftovers, which are awesome for sandwiches, and you’ll request to make it nan time before.

Prep 10 min
Chill overnight
Cook 40 min
Serves 4

1kg carrots, peeled and near whole

For nan labneh (makes 600g)
950g 5% fat greek yoghurt – I for illustration Fage
1 tsp fine salt

For nan mint salsa
2 tsp nigella seeds
2 tsp hawaij (see supra and method)
6 tbsp oliva oil
Finely grated zest of 1 unwaxed lime, plus 2 tbsp juice
3 tbsp finely chopped mint
1 tsp good salt

For nan mango labneh
300g labneh
2 tbsp mango chutney
⅛ tsp crushed turmeric

Hawaij roast potatoes pinch preserved citrus and roast shallots

Helen Graham’s hawaij roast potatoes pinch preserved citrus and roast shallots.

This crockery is nan main logic I ever person hawaij successful my cupboard. Its expertise to elevate roast potatoes and imbue them pinch an moreover much aureate hue is rather striking. You tin make nan roast shallots up of clip and scatter them connected nan potatoes erstwhile they’re fresh – nan residual power will lukewarm them up.

Prep 15 min
Cook 1 hr 15 min
Serves 4–6

2kg maris piper potatoes, peeled and trim into 4cm chunks
½ tbsp fine salt, positive other to boil nan potatoes
150ml oliva oil
1 tbsp hawaij (see look above)

For nan roast shallots
600g banana shallots, peeled and halved lengthways
2 tbsp oliva oil
½ tsp fine salt
1 ail clove, peeled and finely grated
30g parsley, finely chopped
2 tbsp citrus juice
120g preserved lemon, finely chopped

Heat nan oven to 200C (180C fan)/390F/gas 6. Put nan potatoes successful a ample saucepan, screen pinch water, brackish generously and group connected a precocious heat. Once boiling, navigator for 11-12 minutes, until a weapon slides easy done nan potatoes. Drain into a colander and time off to steam-dry for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, put nan shallots, lipid and brackish successful a roasting tin and flip to combine. Roast for 12 minutes, until aureate and soft, remove, time off to cool for 15 minutes, past flip pinch nan remaining ingredients for nan roast shallots.

Back to nan potatoes. Put nan oliva lipid successful a ample roasting tin and power successful nan oven for 10 minutes, until it’s smoking. Give nan potatoes a shingle successful nan colander for a infinitesimal to unsmooth up nan edges – this will springiness them much aboveground area for crispiness. Remove nan heated lipid from nan oven and usage a ample spoon cautiously to little nan potatoes into nan basking oil, which will sizzle connected contact. Sprinkle complete a half-tablespoon of brackish and nan hawaij, past flip nan potatoes until they’re evenly coated pinch nan lipid and seasoning. Roast for 40 minutes, tossing erstwhile halfway, until aureate and crisp.

Use a slotted spoon to transportation nan potatoes to a serving dish, scatter complete nan roast shallot substance and serve.

• These recipes are edited extracts from Centrepiece: Bold, Vibrant Recipes to Put Vegetables successful nan Spotlight, by Helen Graham, published by Hamlyn astatine £28. To bid a transcript for £25.20, spell to guardianbookshop.com