Gypsy Stew

This is an old Moorish recipe that fascinated me; it is basically a stew of pumpkin, fruit, pulses and beans. A curious combination, but I decided to cook it because one of our crew was a committed vegetarian and agreed to be the guinea pig.

In fact, the end result was amazing; it was like a little spicy vegetable thalie I sometimes eat at my favourite Indian restaurant, except that it didn’t have the strong Indian spices in it. But there would be nothing wrong with adding a