Vegetable Stew

Last night I cooked this vegetable stew and it turned out pretty good.

Ingredients:

• 1 onion, diced
• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
  
• 1 tsp of grated ginger
  
• 2 celery stalks, diced
  
• 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
  
• 3 small potatoes, diced
  
• 1 yam, diced
  
• 2 carrots, diced
  
• 1 can of chickpeas
• water or vegetable stock or chicken stock

Spices:

• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1/4 tsp ground allspice
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  
• salt and pepper

Directions:

Drizzle some olive oil in a pan or pot (large enough to cook the stew in). Saute onion until golden. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, then add the celery and bell pepper and cook until soften. Add the ginger, the spice blend and the rest of the vegetables. Add water or vegetable stock to cover the vegetables. Simmer covered for about 30 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked.