Vegetable Couscous

"This recipe is adapted from yooper's zucchini couscous recipe here on zaar. Goes great as a side dish and can be eaten hot or cold. We've found that it goes really well with PinkCherryBlossom's recipe #206705"
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
2-3
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ingredients

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directions

  • Chop the onion.
  • Cut zucchini & capsicum into small cubes.
  • Slice mushrooms.
  • In a saucepan, cook onion, garlic & chili in the olive oil until translucent.
  • Add remaining vegetables and the cumin, salt & pepper.
  • Cook for about 5 minutes until tender, stirring to cook evenly.
  • Add water and allow it to come to the boil.
  • Add couscous, stir through, turn off heat & cover & leave for 5 minutes.
  • Give it a stir with a fork to fluff it up a bit & serve as a side dish.
  • Delish!

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  1. This was my first experience with couscous (I used whole grain). I enjoyed the end result of this recipe. I used chicken broth in place of the water. I omitted the mushrooms. My comments are mainly around the amounts called for - I ended up with tons of onion because I used 1 onion that was rather large. I would like to see amounts (1 cup onion, 2 cups chopped zucchini...) and also, I had no idea what "chili" was - chili powder? I used crushed red pepper flakes and that ended up being WAY too spicy. I enjoyed the method of cooking couscous though and will try it again, possibly with other vegetables.
     
  2. This was very tasty and easy to throw together for a quick weeknight meal. I served as a light supper with Recipe #211009 on the side. Forgot to add the cumin, s & p until the end, but that didn't seem to make a difference. Thanks for another tasty recipe!
     
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  1. This was my first experience with couscous (I used whole grain). I enjoyed the end result of this recipe. I used chicken broth in place of the water. I omitted the mushrooms. My comments are mainly around the amounts called for - I ended up with tons of onion because I used 1 onion that was rather large. I would like to see amounts (1 cup onion, 2 cups chopped zucchini...) and also, I had no idea what "chili" was - chili powder? I used crushed red pepper flakes and that ended up being WAY too spicy. I enjoyed the method of cooking couscous though and will try it again, possibly with other vegetables.
     

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