A ‘Yellow Wednesday’ favourite in our house. The mix of moroccan spice and fruity flavour of the couscous, coupled with being perfect bowl food, makes for a great mid-week meal to eat in front of the TV.
I wanted to make sure it was a hearty meal with enough for the next day for lunch, so I included a large handful of dried soya protein mince to the mixture, when I added the non-meatballs back to the mixture.
Ingredients:
ready made soya/quorn meat-free balls
1 small onion, finely diced
4 tsp ras el hanout spice mix (you can actually get this in Asda!)
2 tbsp olive oil
3 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tbsp tomato puree
zest of 1 lemon
good squeeze of lemon juice
250g couscous
75g fried ready to eat apricots
50g raisins/sultanas
bunch of fresh corriander
small handful of flaked almonds
Method:
Heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the onions, fry for about 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally
Add the ready made non-meatballs and cook through, approximately 8 minutes
Remove the non-meatballs from the pan and set aside
Add the garlic and stir through,
Pour in the tomatoes, spice mix and tomato puree, season and stir through until the puree is well mixed in
Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes
Return the non-meatballs to the sauce, cover and cook for 8-10 minutes
Meanwhile, place the coucous grains in a large bowl, add the lemon zest and the squeeze of juice, pour over 300 ml boiling water and leave f0r 7-10 minutes
Fluff the couscous with a fork and add the apricots and raisins/sultanas
Serve the cousous in bowls with the non-meatball mixture spooned over the top, sprinkle with flaked almonds
