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Couscous with Roasted Vegetables
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Couscous with Roasted Vegetables

Fluffy couscous with oven-roasted vegetables and Middle Eastern seasoning

⏱ 50 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Roasted Vegetables

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Cut the vegetables, eggplant, pepper and onion into medium cubes.
    KnifeCutting board
  3. 3
    In a bowl, toss the vegetables, eggplant, pepper and onion with the olive oil, paprika, cumin and salt.
    Bowl
  4. 4
    Spread on a baking sheet in a single layer, without crowding.
    Baking pan
  5. 5
    Roast the vegetables, eggplant, pepper and onion in a hot oven (200°C / 390°F) 30 minutes, until the vegetables turn golden.
    ⚙ Oven roastingOvenBaking pan
    💡Give it room in the pan: crowded vegetables steam instead of browning.

To assemble

  1. 6
    Bring the liquid to a boil and pour it over the couscous.
    StoveSmall saucepan
  2. 7
    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.
  3. 8
    Add the lemon juice and mix.
  4. 9
    Mix the roasted vegetables into the couscous, and sprinkle the parsley on top.
386calories
10 gprotein
54 gcarbs
11 gfat
● protein 12%● carbs 60%● fat 28%

Per serving (358 g), of 4 servings

For the Roasted Vegetables · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (7) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • 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)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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🧩 Built from…

Oven-roasted vegetables → Couscous

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