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Moroccan Couscous with Seven Vegetables
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Moroccan Couscous with Seven Vegetables

Traditional Moroccan couscous with seven vegetables and lamb - a rich, festive dish that represents the height of Moroccan cuisine

⏱ 1 hr 40 min🍽 6 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 3 parts
🥩 Meat🌾 Gluten-free
Versions:Original🥛 Dairy-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Fried onion

  1. 1
    Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveLarge pot
  2. 2
    Add the onion and fry 5 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.

To assemble

  1. 3
    Add the meat and fry 5 minutes, until browned on all sides.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
  2. 4
    Add the cumin, turmeric, paprika, cinnamon, salt and black pepper and stir.
  3. 5
    Add the tomato paste and water and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  4. 6
    Turn down the heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
    ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  5. 7
    Add the carrot, potatoes and kohlrabi and cook another 15 minutes.
    Stove
  6. 8
    Add the zucchini, squash, chickpeas and peas and cook another 15 minutes.
    Stove
    💡Hard vegetables (carrot, eggplant) go in first, and zucchini only toward the end of cooking: that way they're all tender and none fall apart.
  7. 9
    Bring the liquid, butter and salt to a boil and pour it over the couscous.
    StoveSmall saucepan
  8. 10
    Cover 5 minutes and fluff the grains with a fork.
    💡Fluff with a fork, not a spoon: a fork separates the grains, and a spoon mashes them into clumps.
  9. 11
    Serve the couscous on a plate with the stew and broth on top.
  10. 12
    Sprinkle the cilantro on top.
816calories
39 gprotein
86 gcarbs
32 gfat
● protein 20%● carbs 44%● fat 37%

Per serving (724 g), of 6 servings

For the Fried onion · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Large pot · Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)
  • Lid · Also works: Aluminum foil (tight aluminum foil) · Plate (an upside-down plate)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)

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🧩 Built from…

Fried onion → Couscous → Vegetable stew

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