Algerian couscous
May 5, 2009 21:49:46 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 5, 2009 21:49:46 GMT
This recipe serves 10 people.
Ingredients :
- 1 kg fresh or canned tomatoes
- 2 green peppers
- 1 kg de carrots
- 1 kg courgettes
- 1 can of chick peas
- 2 aubergines
- 1 kg of couscous semolina
- 2 large onions
- olive oil
- couscous spice
- a big chunk of butter
- harissa
For the sweet sauce :
- 1 onion, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon powder
Meat :
- 800 g beef
- 800 g mutton
- 6 to 8 pieces of chicken
Preparation
Brown the beef and the mutton in the olive oil with the onions. Add the aubergines, courgettes, tomatoes, chick peas and carrots. Add salt and pepper.
Add the spices and 50 cl water. Simmer for 2 to 3 hours.
30 minutes before serving, add the chicken.
The sauces :
Spicy sauce...
Put some of the cooking broth in a bowl and add harissa.
Sweet sauce...
Chop the onion and cook it with the sugar until it browns. Add a ladle of cooking broth and the cinammon.
For the semolina :
Microwaving is the easiest method and just as good as tradtional steaming...
Put the couscous semolina in a microwave bowl, cover with boiling water and add some salt. Cook in the microwave oven for 5 minutes.
Mix the semolina with the butter before serving. If there is any wait, cover the bowl of semolina with a plate.
To serve the stew, put couscous semolina in the bottom of the plate and ladle broth and vegetables over it. The meat should be presented in a separate platter.
Ingredients :
- 1 kg fresh or canned tomatoes
- 2 green peppers
- 1 kg de carrots
- 1 kg courgettes
- 1 can of chick peas
- 2 aubergines
- 1 kg of couscous semolina
- 2 large onions
- olive oil
- couscous spice
- a big chunk of butter
- harissa
For the sweet sauce :
- 1 onion, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon powder
Meat :
- 800 g beef
- 800 g mutton
- 6 to 8 pieces of chicken
Preparation
Brown the beef and the mutton in the olive oil with the onions. Add the aubergines, courgettes, tomatoes, chick peas and carrots. Add salt and pepper.
Add the spices and 50 cl water. Simmer for 2 to 3 hours.
30 minutes before serving, add the chicken.
The sauces :
Spicy sauce...
Put some of the cooking broth in a bowl and add harissa.
Sweet sauce...
Chop the onion and cook it with the sugar until it browns. Add a ladle of cooking broth and the cinammon.
For the semolina :
Microwaving is the easiest method and just as good as tradtional steaming...
Put the couscous semolina in a microwave bowl, cover with boiling water and add some salt. Cook in the microwave oven for 5 minutes.
Mix the semolina with the butter before serving. If there is any wait, cover the bowl of semolina with a plate.
To serve the stew, put couscous semolina in the bottom of the plate and ladle broth and vegetables over it. The meat should be presented in a separate platter.
