Sami Tamimi and James served up tasty maftoul wheat with tomatoes, roasted okra and sumac yoghurt on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
The instructions are: 1 large onion, peeled and finely sliced (180g), 90ml olive oil, 5 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed, 3⁄4 tsp ground allspice, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1⁄2 tsp ground cinnamon, 400g cherry tomatoes, 1 tbsp tomato paste, 250g maftoul, fregola or pearl couscous 500g fresh or frozen okra, Salt and black pepper.
To serve: Greek-style yoghurt 5g mint leaves and 1 tbsp sumac.
See recipes by James in his book titled: James Martin’s Saturday Morning Cookbook available from Amazon now.

