Moroccan Lentil Stew With Couscous Vegan Food

MOROCCAN LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• Stir hot water and tomato bouillon together in a bowl until dissolved.
• Heat oil over medium heat in a Dutch oven or large pot. Add onion; cook and stir until starting to soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in garlic, fenugreek leaves, bay leaf, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, salt, and cayenne pepper; cook for 1 minute more.
• Stir in lentils, butternut squash, carrot, celery, and tomato bouillon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until lentils have softened, about 45 minutes.
• Add green beans and peas and cook for 5 minutes more. Garnish with fresh cilantro.

MOROCCAN LENTILS AND COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Place the lentils in a medium saucepan.
• Add garlic, spices, and 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
• Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 40 minutes, stirring once halfway through cooking time.
• While lentils are cooking, bring 1 cup of water to a boil in a small saucepan.
• Remove from heat, stir in couscous, cover, and set aside for 15 minutes.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until onion is nicely browned, about 10 minutes.
• Add lentils to skillet and mix well.
• Remove and discard bay leaf. Serve lentils over couscous.

MOROCCAN VEGETABLE STEW WITH COUSCOUS

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium high heat.
• Add carrots, squash, and onion and cook until golden, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in garbanzo beans, stewed tomatoes, prunes, cinnamon, salt, crushed red pepper, and 1 and 1/2 cups water.
• Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low and simmer 30 minutes or until all vegetables are tender.
• Meanwhile, prepare couscous as label directs, but use vegetable broth in place of the water called for on label.
• Stir cilantro into stew.
• Spoon stew over couscous to serve.

MOROCCAN LENTIL STEW WITH COUSCOUS (VEGAN)

Steps:

• Measure your lentils, couscous, parsley, lemon juice and vegetable broth. Wash and cut vegetables. In a small bowl mix all dry seasonings together. Set everything aside until you need it.
• Heat up some vegetable broth in your pot or dutch oven on medium high heat. As soon as the broth is hot sauté your onion for 2 minutes. Then add carrots and garlic and sauté for another one to two minutes.
• Add more vegetable broth, lentils and couscous. Bring to a boil. Add half of your fresh parsley and let everything simmer covered for 20 minutes. Check on it occasionally. If it gets to dry in your pot add some more water.
• After 20 minutes of simmering add diced tomatoes, lemon juice and spice mixe. Simmer for another 25 minutes covered.
• Shortly before finishing with cooking add the rest of your fresh parsley and stir it in gently. Taste and flavor it with salt and pepper, if needed. Serve hot, optional with some grainy bread on the side.

VEGETARIAN MOROCCAN STEW

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large covered saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat, until oil is hot but not smoking. Drop in the onion, garlic, cumin, cinnamon stick, and salt and pepper. Cook and stir for 5 minutes, until onion is tender and translucent.
• Stir in the butternut squash and potato cubes, broth, garbanzo beans, and tomatoes, and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, cover the pot, and simmer about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the squash and potatoes are tender. Remove the stew from heat, and stir in the olives and lemon zest.
• In a large saucepan, bring 1 3/4 cup water to a boil. Stir in couscous. Cover and remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork; cool. Serve stew over cooked couscous. Garnish each serving with a dollop of yogurt and a sprinkle of cilantro leaves.

MOROCCAN VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole or saucepan and gently fry the onion and leeks for 10-15 mins until well softened, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and cook for 2 mins more.
• Stir in the ground coriander, cumin, chilli and cinnamon. Cook for 2 mins, stirring occasionally. Season with plenty of ground black pepper. Add the chopped tomatoes, peppers, chickpeas, lentils, sweet potatoes, orange peel and juice, half the nuts and 400ml/14fl oz water and bring to a simmer. Cook for 15 mins, adding a splash of water if the stew looks too dry, and stir occasionally until the potatoes are softened but not breaking apart.
• Remove the pan from the heat and ladle the stew into bowls. Scatter with coriander and the remaining nuts and top with yogurt, if using.

MOROCCAN VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• In a good size Dutch oven fry the onion, garlic, carrot, pepper and celery in the olive oil for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add all the dry spices and stir-fry this for 1 minute more.
• To this add the stock and the tomatoes, simmer for 10-15 minutes.
• Then add the chickpeas, zucchini and the olives, bring to a simmer, cover and cook until the zucchini is cooked, probably another 10-15 minutes Add lemon juice, taste, stir in the almonds and serve.

MOROCCAN LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except green beans in a 4-5 quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours until lentils, squash, and potatoes are tender when tested with knife.
• Increase heat to high setting.
• Stir in thawed green beans, cover and cook for 10-15 minutes until mixture is thoroughly heated and beans are tender.
• If you have a new, hotter cooking crockpot, cook on low for 6-8 hours until lentils and potatoes are tender.
• If the recipe is 'mush' you cooked it too long. And always season food to taste.
• The crockpot mutes spices, so you may need to add more curry powder and cumin before you serve it.

MOROCCAN CHICKPEA AND VEGETABLE STEW WITH COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet on medium high heat.
• Add the zucchini, onion, carrot and garlic.
• Saute 5 minutes.
• (For a time-saver, use the matchstick carrots from the produce department) Stir in the broth, and the next 9 ingredients, and bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce the heat, and simmer for 8 minutes or until tender.
• Stir occasionally.
• While the stew simmers, bring the 1 1/2 cups water to a boil, stir in couscous, and remove from heat.
• Cover and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Serve stew over couscous.