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North African Fig Couscous recipe

Greetings, Makh Benyettou here from Sahaa restaurant on Albert Street. At this Saturday’s World on Your Plate, I will be preparing Fig Couscous for you to taste. This is a very colourful vegetarian dish and I have included the recipe below so you to cook the dish at home.

Vegetarian fig couscous

25 grams of salted butter

1/2 a sliced brown onion

1 tablespoon white sugar

pinch of ground cinnamon

2 tablespoons of orange juice

handful of soaked chickpeas

tablespoon of washed sultanas

5 dried figs cut in half

1/2 a carrot cut into rounds

2 tablespoons of frozen peas

Vegetable stock

1 teaspoon of tomato paste

Brown onions in butter. Add sugar, cinnamon and orange juice. Add dried fruit and vegetables. Stir to combine. Cover with vegetable stock until just covered. When juices have reduced a little add tomato paste. Serve on top of couscous. Garnish with freshly chopped mint and roasted slivered almonds

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