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| Couscous with fried egg plant, potato and onion |
Couscous is a traditional dish of semolina (granules of durum wheat) which is cooked by steaming and served with a meat or vegetable stew spooned over it.
Today I am going to make couscous with fried vegetables.
Recipe summary
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Couscous with fried egg plant, potato and onion
Preparation: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves: 6
Preparation
1. Wash 80 grams and grate carrot.
2. Wash 150 grams French beans cut into ¼ inch long. shred it.
3. Wash and Slice cabbage into fine strings.
4. Microwave carrot,beans and cabbage for 4 minutes on high. Keep aside.
5. slice 2 onions into rings.
6. Cut 1 eggplant into thin round rings and immerse in salted water.Later remove and marinate with ½ teaspoon chili powder ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper and marinate.
7.Cut 1 potato and cut into small cubes and put in water.
Remove and marinate with ½ teaspoon chili powder ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper and marinate.
Method
1. Heat a frying pan or a wok, add ½ cup oil,
when it is hot, add onion rings and fry for about 10 minutes when onion rings turn golden brown.
Fry potatoes in low heat using the same oil, If you fry in low heat the potatoes will be soft and juicy.
There were 3 ¾ cups of couscous in the 500 gram packet. The ratio of couscous to water is 1:1.2.
Therefore I boiled 4 ½ cups of water, with ½ teaspoon salt.
Once the water comes to a boil take the pan from the heat and add the couscous. Give it a quick stir and cover the pan.
Open after 5 minutes, add 1 table spoon of butter and stir well. Couscous is ready.
Now add the fried vegetables and mix well or you can top the couscous with them.
Couscous with fried egg plant, potato and onion is ready.
Recipe follows in detail with pictures.For
Couscous with fried egg plant, potato and onion
Preparation: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves: 6
Preparation
1. Wash 80 grams and grate carrot.
2. Wash 150 grams French beans cut into ¼ inch long. shred it.
3. Wash and Slice cabbage into fine strings.
4. Microwave carrot,beans and cabbage for 4 minutes on high. Keep aside.
5. slice 2 onions into rings.
6. Cut 1 eggplant into thin round rings and immerse in salted water.Later remove and marinate with ½ teaspoon chili powder ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper and marinate.
7.Cut 1 potato and cut into small cubes and put in water.
Remove and marinate with ½ teaspoon chili powder ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper and marinate.
Method
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| Fried items |
1. Heat a frying pan or a wok, add ½ cup oil,
when it is hot, add onion rings and fry for about 10 minutes when onion rings turn golden brown.
Fry potatoes in low heat using the same oil, If you fry in low heat the potatoes will be soft and juicy.
There were 3 ¾ cups of couscous in the 500 gram packet. The ratio of couscous to water is 1:1.2.
Therefore I boiled 4 ½ cups of water, with ½ teaspoon salt.
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| Couscous with fried egg plant, potato and onion |
Open after 5 minutes, add 1 table spoon of butter and stir well. Couscous is ready.
Now add the fried vegetables and mix well or you can top the couscous with them.
Couscous with fried egg plant, potato and onion is ready.
Preparation: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves: 6
Ingredients
500 grams couscous
80 grams carrot
1 potato
150 grams French beans chopped finely
150 grams cabbage shredded finely
I eggplant sliced into thin round rings
2 onions sliced into rings
1 teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper powder
Preparation
Wash and grate carrot.
Wash and cut beans into small pieces – ¼ inch long. shred it.
Slice cabbage into fine strings.
I shredded carrot and beans in the food processor. Cooked them in microwave them for 4 minutes on high.
Cut eggplant into rounds thin slices and immerse in salted water. If you don’t immerse in water the eggplant slices will discolour and will not look good.
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| Egg plant marinated |
We are going to marinate eggplant and potato with plain chilli powder, turmeric powder, pepper powder and salt. So you divide the quantity mentioned in the recipe into two and use them. It will do no harm if you exceed the quantity mentioned in the recipe.
Add plain chilli powder, turmeric powder, pepper powder and salt and marinate for about 30 minutes.
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| Frying Egg plant |
Wash, peel the skin and cut potato into bite size pieces immersed in water. After 10 minutes, drain the water.
Add plain chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and pepper and marinate for about 3 minutes.
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| potato marinated |
Slice onion into thin round rings.
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| Onion cut into rings |
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| Onion is frying |
Method
Heat a frying pan or a wok, add ½ cup oil, I used sunflower oil. When the oil is hot add onion rings and fry for about 10 minutes. When the onion turns golden brown remove the onion rings from the pan with a slotted spoon and keep aside.
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| frying potato |
Fry potatoes in low heat using the same oil, If you fry in low heat the potatoes will be soft and juicy.
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| Fried items |
There were 3 ¾ cups of couscous in the 500 gram packet. The ratio of couscous to water is 1:1.2.
Therefore I boiled 4 ½ cups of water, with ½ teaspoon salt.
Once the water comes to a boil take the pan from the heat and add the couscous. Give it a quick stir and cover the pan.
Open after 5 minutes, add 1 table spoon of butter and stir well. Couscous is ready.
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| Cooked mixed vegetables |
Now add the fried vegetables and mix well or you can top the couscous with them..
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| Fried items with couscous |
Fried items especially the onion tasted good. You don’t need any other accompaniment. You can eat it on its own. Serve while it is still warm. If you still want to have with some sauce you can see my recipe for couscous with curry sauce.
Enjoy!
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