Library of recipes: Vegetable Couscous

I cooked this vegetable couscous for my graduation party this weekend and it was a HIT! I love it but I was really surprised and impressed that even my pickiest friends felt the same way too. Today I called my best friend who was trying to cook this for her friend but she had confused quinoa with couscous. I am sure quinoa would work too. Minttu, this is for you:

Vegetable couscous:

(2-3 persons)

2,5dl whole wheat couscous

1/4 eggplant

1/3 zucchini

1 onion

 1/2 pepper

1dl kidney beans

garlic

chili

sea salt

soy sauce

cilantro

cumin (juustokumina)

cayenne pepper

black pepper

olive oil

Prepare the vegetables and cook them with some olive oil on a pan starting with eggplant and onion. Add zucchini, pepper and kidney beans while cooking couscous in a separate pot. Add some of the spices to the vegetables. When vegetables are done, mix them with cooked couscous and add the rest of the spices.

Add a little bit of olive oil to couscous, check the taste and let it cook for 5 minutes.

*Make sure that the eggplant is cooked when you mix it with couscous

*You can use all kind of vegetables and spices, i like spicy food

*Couscous is delicious both cold and hot

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