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Homemade Couscous with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Herbs
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Homemade Couscous with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Herbs with homemade vegetable stock

Fluffy, quick couscous with sun-dried tomatoes and herbs – a perfect Mediterranean side for any meal

⏱ 44 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Couscous

  1. 1
    Put the onion, carrot, celery, parsley, garlic, bay leaves and thyme in a large pot with the cold water.
    Large pot
    💡Start with cold water: the vegetables release their flavor slowly as the water heats up.
  2. 2
    Bring to a boil over high heat and skim off the foam.
    Stove
  3. 3
    Turn down to medium-low heat and simmer uncovered 30–45 minutes.
    Stove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  4. 4
    Strain the stock through a fine sieve.
    Fine sieve
  5. 5
    Bring the liquid and salt with tbsp of the oil to a boil and pour it over the couscous.
    StoveSmall saucepan
  6. 6
    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. 7
    Heat the rest of the oil in a small pan and fry the garlic in it about 30 seconds. Remove from the heat.
    StoveFrying pan
  8. 8
    Add the oil with the garlic, the sun-dried tomatoes, parsley, basil, lemon juice and black pepper and mix.
  9. 9
    Serve hot.
520calories
13 gprotein
72 gcarbs
18 gfat
● protein 10%● carbs 57%● fat 33%

Per serving, servings (calculated for this version)

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 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)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)

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🧩 Built from…

homemade vegetable stock → Couscous

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