Cuscus Bil Khodar (Vegetable Couscous)

Submitted by Member 610488

"Another of the Restaurant Al-Fassia of Marrakesh, Morocco's recipes picked up on a trip to Morocco several years ago."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• COUSCOUS

• 5 cups sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
• 2 cups parsnips, peeled and diced
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon ras el hanout spice mix
• 3 carrots, peeled and cut crosswise into 2 inch pieces
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 1⁄4 cups vegetable broth
• 1 cup uncooked couscous
• 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained

• TOPPING

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 yellow onion, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices then separated into rings
• 1⁄4 cup pine nuts
• 1⁄4 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon honey

directions

1. Preheat oven to 450°F
2. Mix the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl then stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt. Place potato mixture on a baking sheet. Bake at 450F for 30 minutes or until the vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
3. While potatoes are baking, bring broth to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in couscous and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Remove from heat then cover and let stand 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Next, gently stir in chickpeas. Keep warm.
4. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion to pan and cook 12 minutes or until tender and golden brown, stirring occasionally. Add pine nuts and raisins then cook 2 minutes. Stir in cinnamon and cook an additional 30 seconds. Stir in honey, and remove from heat.
5. Mound couscous in the middle of a serving tray. Place the roasted vegetables around base of couscous. Arrange 5 carrots vertically around couscous then spoon topping over top of couscous.

Reviews

[LifeIsGood]

This is a winner! The roasted veggies in combination with the couscous and chickpeas and the lovely caramelized onion, pine nut, raisin topping was wonderful. This could easily be a stand alone dish for a meatless meal. The flavors are wonderful and complement one another perfectly. Thank you! Made for the Soup-A-Stars during ZWT9

 

[DrHelen79]

This is divine - although I usually make only the couscous part I have roasted the vegetables and they were lovely too. I didn't need to alter anything in the quantities.