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Rukmini Iyer

Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy harissa-spiked orzo with chickpeas and pine nuts – recipe

orzo with chickpeas and pine nuts and Greek yoghurt
Rukmini Iyer’s harissa-spiked orzo with chickpeas and pine nuts. Photograph: Ola O Smit/The Guardian. Food styling: Tamara Vos. Prop styling: Florence Blair. Food styling assistant: Lucy Ellwood.

This is my favourite store-cupboard dinner when faced with the pre-shop complaints that “there’s nothing in the fridge”. The cherry tomatoes provide a welcome fresh note, but otherwise it’s a happy cupboard raid. An old Nigel Slater recipe first put me on to the idea of using yoghurt to finish a pasta dish, and it works brilliantly here to balance the harissa. Excellent for a work-from-home lunch, too.

Harissa-spiked orzo with chickpeas and pine nuts

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