Moroccan Beef Stew Tagine Tajine

This stew smells wonderful. It blends the flavor of garlic, cinnamon, cumin and orange peel, and makes an easy, exotic dinner.

Combine flour , salt and pepper.

Coat the meat with the flour in a large bowl or large plastic bag.

In a large skillet or dutch oven brown the meat in very hot oil about 10 minutes or until browned.

Remove from heat.

Stir into the pan the undrained tomatoes , water , cinnamon sticks , orange peel , garlic , cumin and sugar.

Simmer covered about 1 hour 15 minutes or until meat is almost tender.

Add carrots and cook covered until tender.

Add the chick peas and cook until heated through.

Serve over couscous.

flour, salt, black pepper, beef stew meat, oil, tomatoes, water, cinnamon sticks, ground cumin, orange rind, garlic, sugar, carrots, chickpeas