Couscous berbere
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Couscous |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt; or to taste |
| 1 | tablespoon | Olive oil, plus 1 teaspoon |
| 1½ | cup | Vegetable stock or water; bo |
| 1 | medium | Onion; chopped |
| 4 | Cl Garlic; pressed or minced | |
| 1 | cup | Cabbage; finely sliced |
| 1 | cup | Turnip; cubed |
| 1 | cup | Fennel bulbs; chopped |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Coriander seed |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Fennel seed |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Caraway seed |
| ½ | teaspoon | Cumin seed |
| ½ | teaspoon | Turmeric |
| pinch | Cayenne; or to taste | |
| 1 | cup | Garbanzo or fava beans; cook |
| ¾ | cup | Bean or vegetable stock or w |
| 2 | tablespoons | Raisins |
| 2 | tablespoons | Almonds, toasted; coarsely c |
| 2 | Green onions; finely chopped | |
Directions
VEGETARIAN TIMES; JAN 95
Preparation Time: 30:0 Toss together couscous and ¼ teaspoon salt in a bowl. Drizzle in 1 teaspo olive oil; mix well. Pour boiling stock or water over grain, cover tightly set aside.
Heat remaining tablespoon oil in large, heaavy skillet over medium heat. Ad onion; saute until translucent, about 3 minutes. Stir in garlic and cabbage and saute until cabbage is wilted and tender, about 2 minutes. Gradually ad carrot, sweet potato, turnip and fennel.
Grind together coriander, fennel seed, caraway, cumin, termeric and cayenne add to saute. Cook about 1 minute longer, stirring constantly. Add beans an stock or water. Bring just to a simmer, cover tightly and cook until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
Fluff couscous with a fork and mound on a platter or individual plates. Serve stew on top, garnished with raisins, almonds and green onion. Serves 4.
Per serving: 322 cal; 7 g prot; 7 g fat; 57 g carb; 0 chol; 378 mg sod; 11 fiber; vegan.
Posted on GEnie Food & Wine RT Dec 22, 1994 by DEEANNE Nutritional information per serving: xx calories, xx gm protein, xx mg cholesterol, xx gm carbohydrate, xx mg sodium, x.x gm fiber, xx gm fat ( x gm sat, x gm mono, x gm poly), x.x mg iron, xx mg calcium, x% of calories from fat.
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