North African Vegetable Stew with Semolina Pellets

👨‍🍳 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 4 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.
3. 3
   Add the garlic and fry 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove

   💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.

To assemble

1. 4
   Add the cumin, turmeric, paprika, ras el hanout and salt and stir.
2. 5
   Add the tomatoes and tomato paste and cook 3 minutes.

   Stove
3. 6
   Add the carrot, kohlrabi, squash and stock and bring to a boil.

   Stove
4. 7
   Turn down the heat, cover and simmer 20 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. 8
   Add the semolina pellets and cook another 10 minutes, until the berkoukes is cooked and tender.

   Stove
6. 9
   Serve the stew hot with fresh bread.