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Vegan Moroccan Couscous with Vegetables, Pumpkin and Chickpeas
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Vegan Moroccan Couscous with Vegetables, Pumpkin and Chickpeas

A rich Moroccan couscous with seasonal vegetables, chickpeas and spices – a complete, colorful meal

⏱ 1 hr🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 3 parts
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Fried onion

  1. 1
    Heat the olive oil in a wide pot over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveWide, shallow pot
  2. 2
    Add the onion and fry for 8–10 minutes, stirring, until the onion is soft and deep golden.
    ⚙ 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 cumin, turmeric, paprika, cinnamon, salt and black pepper and stir.
  2. 4
    Add the carrot, squash and water and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  3. 5
    Turn down the heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
    ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  4. 6
    Add the zucchini and chickpeas and cook another 10 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.
  5. 7
    Bring the liquid to a boil and pour it over the couscous.
    StoveSmall saucepan
  6. 8
    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.
  7. 9
    Serve the couscous on a plate with the stew and broth on top.
  8. 10
    Sprinkle the raisins and almonds on top.
695calories
23 gprotein
101 gcarbs
19 gfat
● protein 14%● carbs 61%● fat 26%

Per serving (621 g), of 4 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)
  • 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)
  • Wide, shallow pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (Layers instead of a single layer)

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🧩 Built from…

Fried onion → Couscous → Vegetable stew

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