🥕 Couscous with seven vegetables

Name: Couscous with seven vegetables
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Morocco
Ingredients: 400 g couscous; 3 carrots, halved; 2 zucchini, in chunks; 2 turnips, quartered; 1/4 white cabbage, in wedges; 1 can chickpeas (400 g), drained; 2 onions and 2 tomatoes, chopped; 1.5 l vegetable broth; 2 tbsp olive oil, ginger, turmeric, saffron, salt

Origin: Morocco

520kcal

per serving · 400 g

130kcal

per 100 g

18 gProtein4.5 g / 100 g

6 gFat1.5 g / 100 g

100 gCarbs25 g / 100 g

Couscous with seven vegetables is a Moroccan couscous topped with a vegetable stew of carrots, zucchini, turnip, cabbage and chickpeas, often with pumpkin, onion and tomato to reach seven. The vegetables simmer in a light, spiced vegetable broth that is spooned over the fluffy grains. It is a colourful dish for sharing.

Diets

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Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

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Veganno meat, fish or animal products in a typical recipe

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No pork

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Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Contains glutenbecause of: couscous

Not keto25 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten

What it is made of

couscouscarrotzucchiniturnipcabbagechickpeasvegetable broth

Recipe

6 servings75 min

Ingredients

400 g couscous
3 carrots, halved
2 zucchini, in chunks
2 turnips, quartered
1/4 white cabbage, in wedges
1 can chickpeas (400 g), drained
2 onions and 2 tomatoes, chopped
1.5 l vegetable broth
2 tbsp olive oil, ginger, turmeric, saffron, salt

Method

Soften the onion and tomato in oil with the spices.
Add the broth, carrots, turnips and cabbage and simmer 25 minutes.
Add the zucchini and chickpeas and cook 15 minutes more.
Soak or steam the couscous with hot broth and fluff with a fork.
Pile the couscous on a platter, arrange the vegetables on top and serve with broth.

How to make it lighter

Ladle extra broth and vegetables and take a smaller portion of couscous.
Use one tablespoon of oil instead of two.
Wholegrain couscous makes the plate more filling.

History

In Morocco, couscous with seven vegetables is a classic dish for the Friday family meal, and the number seven is often said to bring good luck. Recipes vary by region and season, so the exact vegetables change from family to family.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →