Name: Couscous with Dates
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; sea salt; freshly ground black pepper; 400 g canned chopped tomatoes; 1 tbsp butter, diced; 6 courgettes (zucchini), green and yellow; 1 tsp sugar; 10 moist, dried dates, pitted and sliced; 12 dried apricots; 500 g couscous; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp paprika; 500 ml boiling water; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed; 2 onions, peeled; 2 tbsp olive oil; ½ tsp powdered saffron

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple Food

By Jill Dupleix

Published 2002

About

Golden couscous makes a light and healthy lunch, with a spicy, fragrant broth and some simple steamed vegetables.

Ingredients

Couscous

500 g couscous
500 ml boiling water
1

Method

Heat the oven to 160°C/Gas 3. Place the couscous in a large heatproof bowl and pour the boiling water on top. Add the olive oil and diced butter, and toss them through with a fork. Cover and place in the oven for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, finely slice the onions. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onions until soft. Add the garlic, tomatoes, sugar, salt, pepper, saffron, paprika, ginger and