Couscous with Seven Vegetables (Couscous Bidaoui) - Mediterranean Recipe

Couscous with Seven Vegetables (Couscous Bidaoui)

🌍 Mediterranean, Morocco (Casablanca) Difficulty: ●●●○○

Seven-vegetable couscous is a Friday tradition in Moroccan homes — the seventh vegetable varies by family and region.

Ingredients

• 500g couscous
• 500g lamb or chicken
• 2 zucchini
• 2 carrots
• 2 turnips
• 1 eggplant
• 400g pumpkin/squash
• 2 tomatoes
• 400g chickpeas cooked
• 1 onion
• 1 tsp ras el hanout
• ½ tsp ginger
• ½ tsp turmeric
• saffron
• olive oil
• butter
• salt

Method

1. Browning — Brown meat with spices and onion. Cover with water, simmer 30 min.
2. Adding — Add harder vegetables (carrots, turnips, pumpkin). Simmer 20 min.
3. Adding — Add zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, chickpeas. Simmer 20 min.
4. Steaming — Steam couscous separately, fluff with butter and salt.
5. Step 5 — Mound couscous, arrange vegetables and meat on top. Pour some broth over.

Tags: couscous, lamb or chicken, zucchini, carrots, turnips · Source: Brittani's Almanac