Smoky aubergine tagine with lemon & apricots - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 2 aubergines, cut into large chunks
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 tbsp freshly grated ginger
• 1½ tsp ras el hanout
• 1½ tsp sweet smoked paprika
• good pinch of saffron
• 300ml hot vegetable or chicken stock
• 2 preserved lemons, rind of both sliced, pulp from the centre of 1 roughly chopped
• 120g dried apricots, halved
• 200g tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp clear honey
• zest 1 lemon, juice ½
• 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
• 2 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 2 tbsp finely chopped mint
• Greek yogurt, to serve (optional)
• wholemeal bulghar wheat, to serve (optional)