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Couscous with Chickpea Vegetables and Saffron Cream

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Couscous with Chickpea Vegetables and Saffron Cream

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Chickpea vegetables:

  • 250 g Zucchini
  • 2 Carrot
  • 3 small Boiled potatoes
  • 1 Red Pointed peppers
  • 1 Red Onion
  • 1 Clove of garlic
  • 300 ml Vegetable broth
  • 1 tsp Crush cumin
  • 1 tsp Freshly ground coriander
  • 0,5 tsp Clove powder
  • 0,5 tsp Ceylon cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Chilli pepper + 2 teaspoons of seasoned salt from my KB 😀
  • 2 tsp Telly cherry pepper or black
  • 200 ml Tomatoes happened
  • 1 Can Chickpeas
  • 2 tbsp Lime juice

Saffron cream:

  • 1 Msp Saffron powder or threads
  • 2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
  • 200 g Sour cream 10% fat
  • Salt
  • Some lime zest
  • 1 pinch Chili pepper
  • Couscous:
  • 450 ml Vegetable broth
  • 200 g Couscous
  • 2 tbsp Butter
  • Parsley

Chickpea vegetables:

  1. Wash and clean the zucchini and cut into small cubes. Salt, put in a sieve and let drain for about 20 minutes! Peel the carrots and also dice the potatoes.
  2. Clean and wash the peppers and cut into pieces. Peel the onion and garlic. Roughly chop the onion, press the garlic.

Saffron cream:

  1. For the saffron cream, stir together the saffron, olive oil, sour cream, salt, lime zest and chilli and let it steep!

Chickpea vegetables:

  1. In a large saucepan, heat oil and fry the zucchini cubes for 5 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and stew briefly. Add the carrots, potatoes and peppers and fry briefly.
  2. Add vegetable stock and cumin, coriander, cloves; and add cinnamon powder. Then pepper, chili pepper and tomato puree. Cook for about 15-25 minutes. Depending on the firmness of the bite!

Couscous:

  1. Meanwhile, for the couscous, bring the vegetable stock to a boil in a small pot, stir in the couscous and let it soak for about 10 minutes.

Chickpea vegetables:

  1. Season the vegetables with salt, pepper and lime juice. Sprinkle with parsley!

Couscous:

  1. Stir the couscous and add the butter

Serve!

  1. If you like, add a steak to it! 🙂
Dinner
European
couscous with chickpea vegetables and saffron cream

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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