Spiced vegetable couscous

Spiced vegetable couscous

Main Course

  • 6

    Number of people

  • Affordable

    Cost

  • Easy

    Difficulty

  • Preparation time

  • Cooking time

Ingredients

  • 6 large shallots
  • 10 rainbow carrots
  • 200 g butternut squash
  • 4 turnips
  • 2 candied lemons
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 tsp of ground ginger
  • 0.5 tsp of turmeric
  • 0.5 tsp of chilli flakes
  • 0.5 tsp of cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp of sea salt
  • 6 cl of olive oil
  • 40 cl hot vegetable stock
  • 12 apricots
  • 150 g chickpeas
  • Parsley
  • Side dish suggestions:
  • Semolina
  • Coriander
  • Lime
  • Harissa

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 190 °C.

Peel the shallots and keep them whole. Peel the carrots and diagonally slice them. Cut the butternut squash into cubes. Peel and cut the turnips into quarters. Cut the candied lemons in half.

In the pressure cooker, add the shallots, carrots, butternut squash, turnips, candied lemons and add all the spices, olive oil and mix. Cover with hot vegetable stock.

Cook with the lid on for 15 min.

Next add the apricots and chickpeas and cook for 30 min.

During this time, prepare the couscous.

Serve the vegetable couscous with a sprinkling of coriander and a dash of lime juice and add a dash of harissa to the broth for extra spice.