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Chickpea Traybake Pittas

This nourishing traybake combines roasted spiced chickpeas with plenty of veg before stuffing into pittas and drizzling in minty yoghurt sauce – an easy, flavour-packed dinner for any day of the week.

Serves 4

Difficulty
Easy
Tray Bake Recipe
Preparation Time
Less than 30 minutes
Cooking Time
30 minutes to 1 hour
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Ingredients for  4  Servings

  • For the Traybake

  • 2 tbsp
    Olive oil
  • 1
    Lemon, juice only
  • 2
    Garlic clove, crushed
  • 2 tsp
    Ras-el-hanout
  • 1
    Small cauliflower, leaves included, broken into small florets
  • 1
    Red pepper, deseeded and cut into thick wedges
  • 1
    Yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into thick wedges
  • 1
    Red onion, cut into thick wedges
  • 400g
    Tin of chickpeas, drained
  • Small bunch
    Parsley, chopped
  • 2 tsp
    Toasted sesame seeds
  • -
    Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • For the Yoghurt Sauce

  • 200g
    Low-fat natural yoghurt
  • 1 tbsp
    Mint sauce
  • To Serve

  • 4
    Wholemeal pitta bread
  • 1
    Little Gem lettuce, shredded
  • -
    Chilli sauce

Approximate Times

  • Preparation :
    Less than 30 minutes
  • Cooking :
    30 minutes to 1 hour

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/Fan 200°C/Gas 7.
  2. Whisk the oil, lemon juice, garlic and ras el hanout together in a large bowl. Add the vegetables and chickpeas, season with a pinch of salt and pepper and mix thoroughly.
  3. Tip everything into a large roasting tin and shake out into an even layer. Roast for 45 minutes, giving everything a shake and a mix halfway through cooking.
  4. Meanwhile, mix the yoghurt and mint sauce in a small bowl and season with a pinch of salt.
  5. Remove the vegetables from the oven and stir through the parsley and sesame seeds.
  6. Warm the pitta breads in the oven for a few minutes, then split and stuff with the roast vegetables, chickpeas and shredded lettuce. Serve with both the yoghurt and chilli sauce.

Notes

Ras-el-hanout is a classic spice mixture used in Moroccan cuisine. The name means 'top of the shop', which reflects its expensive ingredients. Good mixtures will contain more than 20 different spices, including dried peppers, cardamom, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, rose buds and lavender, but ras-el-hanout can contain up to 100 spices.