Name: Moroccan couscous recipe
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 400g couscous; 2 long red chilies,finely chopped; 3 cloves garlic,finely chopped; 100g salted butter,cubed; 3 egg yolks; ½ bunch parsley,roughly chopped; ½ punnet cherry tomatoes,quartered; 100g currants; 1 cinnamon quill; 5 cardamom pods; 200g toasted almonds,roughly chopped; ½ red onion,finely diced; 700ml boiling water or vegetable stock; salt and pepper

Moroccan couscous with harissa glazed eggplant.Christoper Pearce

easyTime:<30 minsServes:4

This is a great vegetarian dish,packed full of flavour and incredibly easy to make. There is no harm in making extra couscous as it's great in school lunches or as a work snack the following day.

Ingredients

400g couscous
2 long red chilies,finely chopped
3 cloves garlic,finely chopped
100g salted butter,cubed
3 egg yolks
½ bunch parsley,roughly chopped
½ punnet cherry tomatoes,quartered
100g currants
1 cinnamon quill
5 cardamom pods
200g toasted almonds,roughly chopped
½ red onion,finely diced
700ml boiling water or vegetable stock
salt and pepper

Method

Combine all ingredients except for the boiling water or stock and salt and pepper in a medium-sized bowl. Pour in boiling water or stock,and cover bowl with plastic film. Set aside for 10-15 minutes. Uncover and fluff the couscous with a fork. Season a serve at room temperature.
This recipe goes with Mark LaBrooy and Darren Robertson's Harissa eggplant