Quick & Easy Moroccan Couscous (Vegan)

This delicious couscous is delicious, healthy and ridiculously easy to make. Use it as meal prep for the week, it stores really well in tupperwares :) Or use as a side dish for some more moroccan veggies!

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
½ red pepper (small dice)
1/2 red onion (small dice)
1 small courgette (small dice)
1 tsp salt

1 cup dried cous cous
¼ cup raisins

1.25 cups of boiling water
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp black pepper
2 cloves garlic (grated)
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 cup grated carrot
1 cup canned chickpeas (rinsed and drained)

1/2 cup of fresh coriander (chopped)
1/2 cup fresh mint (chopped)
1/2 cup fresh parsley (chopped)
Pinch salt

1/2 cup toasted flaked almonds
1/2 cup pomegranate seeds

Method:

1 Scatter the red pepper, red onion and courgette on a baking tray. Drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle over the salt. Bake for 20 minutes at 180℃

2 Meanwhile, in a small bowl whisk the cumin, ground coriander, cinnamon, turmeric, black pepper, grated garlic, lemon juice and olive oil with the boiling water. Pour over the dried cous cous and raisins (in a large mixing bowl). Cover with clingfilm and leave to stand for 10 minutes. Once soaked and cooled slightly, fluff up the grains with a fork.

3 Add the chickpeas, grated carrot and fresh herbs (reserving some herbs for garnish) and give everything a good stir.

4 Scatter over the almonds, pomegranate and remaining herbs and serve.

BOSH!