Spiced Vegetable Couscous

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⏱ 15 mins 🍽 4 serving(s) 🏷 One Dish Meal

This one pot spiced vegetable couscous is a quick and flavourful meal. It combines chickpeas, finely chopped carrot and zucchini with green onions, paprika and a hint of chilli. The couscous is cooked directly in the vegetable stock with raisins added for sweetness, creating a complete dish in about 15 minutes. It's a wonderful blend of textures and tastes that makes for a simple, satisfying lunch or dinner.

Spiced Vegetable Couscous

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup canned chick-peas, rinsed
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped carrot
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped zucchini
  • 1/2 cup chopped green onion
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 1/2 cups vegetable stock or 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon chili flakes
  • salt
  • 1 cup couscous
  • 1/2 cup raisins

Method

  1. In a pot, mix together the rinsed chickpeas, chopped carrot, zucchini, green onion and olive oil.
  2. Pour in the vegetable stock or water, then add the chopped parsley, paprika, chilli flakes and salt according to your taste.
  3. Place the pot on the heat and bring the mixture up to a boil.
  4. Once boiling, scatter the couscous evenly over the surface of the liquid.
  5. Give everything a good stir, then mix in the raisins.
  6. Put the lid on the pot, take it off the heat and leave it to stand for 5 minutes.
  7. Remove the lid and give the couscous a final stir before serving.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium243400 mg

Recipe details

CategoryOne Dish Meal
AuthorLeslie