Moroccan Spiced Bliss Bowl inspired by my trip to Marrakech.

Ahh, Morocco! What a wonderful and exciting country. As I derive most of my culinary inpsiration from traveling, visiting new countries and exploring foreign cultures, I left Marrakech with a bag full of new inpiration for the blog (and of course several wooden forks and knives, and an orignal Beni Ourani carpet). Before I decided to visit Marrakech, I already loved the Moroccan cuisine, but mainly due to Moroccan restaurant visits in Berlin. Of course the cuisine is so much more exciting and prominent when you actually visit another country instead of just a new Moroccan restaurant in the neighborhood.

The biggest moroccan inspiration? Mint!

Moroccans love their Thé à la Menthe, the typical mint tea that is served to almost every hour in Marrakech. It is sweetened most of the time, but you can also get it unsweetened if you ask for it. Our Riad (little Bed & Breakfast) served complimentary mint tea all day long, so that when we got back from dinner or from a shopping trip through the Souks (the markets), we enjoyed a cup of mint tea while reflecting on the happenings of the day.

The other big inspiration? Spices!

The Souks are roughly divided by categories such as shoes, carpets, clothes or spices. Our favorite café was located by the Spices Souks so we loved to sit on the terrace and watch the happenings on the “place des épices” (spices square). Moroccan dishes always contain a mix of different spices, the most prominent being cumin, cardamom, coriander, cinnamon, turmeric and saffron. They also love their rose water, nutmeg and ginger. Lemon, parsley and mint are also wonderful additions of their salads, and chickpeas, vegetables, dates, figs and other dried fruits compliment many dishes. The most prominent dish in Morocco is the “Tajine” a braised vegetable or meat dish that is prepared in the typical “tajine” dish (which looks like a pointy hat).

Of course I wanted to bring you an exciting Tajine recipe today, however, as probably 1% of my readers own a tajine dish, I figured that it may just lead to confusion and despair amongst you readers. So therefore I brought you this exciting Moroccan spiced bliss bowl, which will take you right into the center of the Medina of Marrakech.

The main ingredients in this bowl (if you can even say that) are the roasted vegetables with all of the spices mentioned above. Then we have protein and fiber rich chickpeas, millet, which is rich in calcium, magnesium and B-vitamins, and for freshness the typical “salade moroccaine”, a cucumber tomato salad with lemon juice and mint. The best part is the large dollop of hummus in the middle – which, to be honest is not exactly typical Moroccan, but it’s delicious and full of B-vitamins and vitamin E from the tahini.

Of course there will be a detailed post about my Marrakech experience next week, my favorite restaurants and trip suggestions including some amazing photos of my super talented travel buddy Elena.

Enjoy!

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