Moroccan Couscous (or Rice)

LUv 2 BaKE's Note:

A healthy Moroccan dish. The array of vegetables mixed with seasonings on top of couscous provides ample nutrients and delicious flavour. I have successfully substituted rice for couscous. Recipe from "Power Eating".

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 3

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• ½ cup onion , chopped
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 ½ cups vegetable stock or 1 ½ cups chicken stock
• 1 cup butternut squash , cubed
• 1 cup carrot , sliced
• ½ teaspoon ground pepper
• ½ teaspoon ground coriander
• ¼-½ teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes
• 1 medium zucchini , cut into bite sized pieces
• 19 ounces chickpeas , undrained
• 1 medium tomato , cut in large chunks
• ¼ cup fresh parsley , chopped
• 1 cup couscous or 1 cup brown rice

Directions:

1. Vegetable Mixture:.
2. In stirfry pan, heat oil, add onion, garlic, and ginger; saute 1-2 minutes.
3. Add vegetable broth, squash, carrots, pepper, coriander and chili pepper; cover and bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat, simmer 5-7 minutes or until vegetables are tender crisp.
5. Add zucchini and undrained chick peas; cook until zucchini is tender crisp, about 2-3 minutes.
6. Stir in tomato and parsley.
7. Couscous:.
8. In separate bowl pour 1 cup boiling water over couscous.
9. Cover and let stand 5 minutes; fluff with a fork.
10. If you are having rice, cook according to directions.
11. NOTE: This is best served in a bowl with a spoon. Put some couscous in your bowl and than put the vegetable mixture on top. The vegetables are very soupy/watery but the broth is soaked up by the couscous/rice.

Reviews

[Rhiannon&Matt.gauci]

We have 400g cans of chickpeas in Australia, so that's what i used. We didn't have any fresh tomatoes on hand, so used approx 200g of canned crushed toms. We liked it, but didn't love it. I think it could do with more spices/herbs.

[Pneuma]

Was a bit spicy and different for my taste that I had to mask it with another sauce. It's just ok for me hence the 2 stars.

[Cybill]

Wow! This was the first dish we made on our new "two vegitarian dinners a week" plan. We doubled the pepper flakes (we are HUGE heat fans) and the dish ROCKED! Didn't even miss meat!