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Moroccan Couscous with Vegetables
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Moroccan Couscous with Vegetables

Traditional Moroccan couscous with colorful vegetables and fragrant spices – a complete, nourishing meal the whole family will love

⏱ 45 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 3 parts
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Fried onion

  1. 1
    Heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  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 carrot and fry 3 minutes.
    ⚙ 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 tomatoes, zucchini, chickpeas and water and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  4. 6
    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.
  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 on top.
  8. 10
    Sprinkle the parsley on top.
581calories
19 gprotein
85 gcarbs
14 gfat
● protein 14%● carbs 63%● fat 23%

Per serving (663 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)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • 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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