Simple Steamed Couscous (or Cracked Wheat) with Chick Peas, Kefta and Onions

Name: Simple Steamed Couscous (or Cracked Wheat) with Chick Peas, Kefta and Onions
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Tunisian
Ingredients: 100 g/¼ lb (½ cup) butter (or smen), melted; 1 Spanish onion, peeled and quartered; ½ teaspoon powdered cumin; 1 sprig thyme; 100 g/¼ lb (½ cup) chick peas, soaked overnight and drained; olive oil; 2 Spanish onions, peeled and coarsely grated; 6 tablespoons tomato concentrate (purée); 225 g/½ lb lamb, finely chopped; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 100 g/¼ lb (½ cup) butter (or smen), melted; hot red pepper; 700 g/1½ lb (scant 5 cups) couscous (or raw cracked wheat); 700 g/1½ lb (scant 5 cups) couscous (or raw cracked wheat)

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Taste of Morocco

By Robert Carrier

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

700 g/1½ lb (scant 5 cups) couscous (or raw cracked wheat)

Africa
Morocco
Tunisia
Algeria
Marrakech
Main course
Mediterranean

Method

To prepare kefta mix, sauté grated onions in 4 tablespoons olive oil until transparent, then add finely chopped lamb. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until lamb has changed colour. Season with tomato concentrate (purée), and salt, freshly ground black pepper and