James Martin served up a tasty chicken stew tagine with Palestinian olive oil, dates, tomatoes and herb salad on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.

The ingredients marinade are: 2 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp ground turmeric, 2 tsp ras el hanout, 1 tsp saffron strands, 2 tbsp olive oil and 400g chicken breast, diced into large pieces.

For the sauce: 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 onion, peeled and sliced, 5cm ginger, peeled and chopped, 2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped, 1 cinnamon stick, 100g dates, dried and chopped, 800g tins chopped tomatoes, 1 small bunch mint, coriander and parsley, chopped

For the tabboleh: 200g giant couscous, cooked as per pack instructions in chicken stock then cooled, 50g shelled pistachios, chopped, 50g almonds, chopped, 50g dried dates, chopped, 1 small bunch mint, parsley and coriander, chopped, 100g pomegranate seeds, 1 lemon, juice and zest and 100ml olive oil.

See recipes by James in his book titled: Complete Home Comforts: Over 150 delicious comfort-food classics available from Amazon now.