How to Make Yummy Vegetable Couscous

Vegetable Couscous.

You can have Vegetable Couscous using 34 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Vegetable Couscous

1. You need of For the stew:.
2. You need of large aubergine, cut into 5 cm cubes.
3. Prepare of medium onions, peeled and quartered.
4. It's of swede, peeled and cut into 5 cm cubes.
5. It's of celery cut into 5 cm pieces.
6. You need of medium carrots, peeled and cut into 5 cm pieces.
7. It's of large leek, sliced into 5 cm pieces.
8. It's of red and 1 green pepper, cut into 5 cm squares.
9. Prepare of tomatoes, quartered.
10. Prepare of green beans.
11. It's of medium courgettes, sliced 2 cm thick.
12. You need of ras el hanout spice mix.
13. It's of spicy harissa (add more to taste).
14. You need of ground cinnamon.
15. It's of bay leaf.
16. Prepare of large cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped.
17. It's of chicken or vegetable stock cubes, dissolved in 750 ml of boiling water.
18. Prepare of Olive oil for frying.
19. It's of Salt and black pepper.
20. Prepare of For the couscous:.
21. You need of boiling water.
22. You need of medium couscous.
23. You need of salt.
24. It's of olive oil.
25. It's of Optional:.
26. It's of x 400g can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed.
27. It's of each of chopped fresh coriander, parsley and mint.
28. You need of For the spicy sauce:.
29. You need of – 4 ladles of broth from the vegetable stew.
30. You need of tomato purée.
31. You need of sugar.
32. Prepare of pomegranate molasses.
33. Prepare of harissa, more (or less) if you prefer.
34. It's of Salt.

Vegetable Couscous instructions

1. To make the stew: In a big saucepan, fry the aubergine in a little olive oil until it begins to brown and is almost cooked through. Remove to a dish and place to one side..
2. Pour some more olive oil into the pan and add the other vegetables, except for the green beans and the courgettes. Fry over a high heat until they show small patches of colour. Add the stock..
3. Add all of the spices and the garlic. Mix well..
4. Add the fried aubergine, the green beans and the courgettes, then continue to simmer very gently until the beans and courgettes are tender..
5. Make the couscous as per the packet, adding the salt, olive oil (and the chickpeas if using)..
6. To make the spicy sauce: Put the 3 – 4 ladles of stock from the vegetables into a saucepan, add the tomato purée, the sugar, the pomegranate syrup and the harissa to taste. Season with salt, simmer for about 5 minutes..
7. To serve: Fluff up the couscous with a fork and, if you wish, add the chopped fresh herbs and mix well..
8. Spoon some couscous onto each plate, make a well in the centre and ladle on the vegetable stew..
9. Add the meat, fish, chicken or sausages if you’re serving them, and pass round the spicy sauce..

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