How to Cook a Traditional Moroccan Meal ( COUSCOUS)

●List of requirements●

♡Three to four pieces of Carrot.

♡Three pieces of Zucchini.

♡Three to four pieces of Eggplant.

♡Two pieces of Tomato.

♡150g of Broan Bean.

♡Two pieces of Bell Pepper.

♡Quarter of Lettuce.

♡A small bundle of Cilanto and Coriander together.

♡One bowl of Grain Broan Bean(the scientific name for it is:Vicia Faba).

♡Seven pieces of Green Bean with its   peel.

♡One bowl of Raw (moist)Chichpeas.

♡Quarter of Pumpkin.

♡Two pieces of onion.

♡Three pieces of White Trunip, Radish and Parsnip (three pieces of each one if available).

●Notice: As for vegetables, you can make an exception to some of them if they are not available or not suitable for your diet.

And you can add any other kind of vegetables that you prefer, there is no problem with that, so you can, for example, add Broccoli, Pea, Celery, and the other favorite vegetables.

Just make sure you have the right amount of all the vegetables in the pot.

     ♤ Spices and others♤

♧500g of Chicken

♧500gof Couscous

♧Black Oil/Olive Oil.

♧Preferred kind of butter.

♧A tablespoon of Tomato Sauce.

♧A tablespoon of Ginger Powder.

♧A tablespoon of Pepper Nigrum/Black Pepper.

♧A tablespoon of Salt.

♧A tablespoon of Turmeric.

♧A tablespoon of Saffron (put it into a cup of water until its secretes its color in water 10minutes).

♧A tablespoon of Chili powder (optional).

    ●  》important note《●

If you don't have the right equipment and some other things in your kitchen or in the market, you can simply buy it from Amazon.

For example, the two-layer cooker (pot), which is an important element for cooking couscous.

■I do not have the right to give you the direct links, but write this sentence on Amazon"Rachael Ray Cucina Nonstick Sauce Pot/Saucepot with Steamer Insert and Lid, 3 Quart, Cranberry Red"and it will take you to the appropriate product (that is for the Two-layer cooker, write).

For the Couscous product, jast write on Amazon" Garofalo Medium Couscous - 1kg (2.2lbs)" (it is the product name) , and it will take you to the appropriate product.

☆We take the Cooker and put it on medium heat fire,then we add quarter glass of the Black Oil.

☆We add one piece of Onion after we cut it to small pieces.

☆We add the quarter of Chicken and we wait for the steam to release while we flip it from time to time to boil.

☆When it becomes as you can see, we add a quarter glass of the Saffron we already made and we keep the rest of it to put it on the vegetables.

☆We add a half tablespoon of the Black Pepper and we keep the rest.

☆A half tablespoon of the Ginger Powder and we keep the rest also.

☆A half tablespoon of Tumeric and we allways keep the rest.

☆Few of Chili Powder and we keep the rest of it( it is optional).

☆A half tablespoon of Salt, we keep the rest also, add the amount that suites you.

☆Half amount of the preferred kind of Butter.

•Then stir and mix oll the Spices and the ingredients together for 5 minutes.

☆When it looks like that, we add one liter of hot water, we closed the Cooker and keep watching the Chicken until it becomes cooked.

■Now let's deal with the vegetables:

For the Broan bean or (Vicia Faba) we let it with its peel, here you go how to peel it>> we only cut the ends, the same thing for Zucchini, but we divide it into four lengthwise pieces (Zacchini).

For the other vegetables, I think it is clear how to peel them.

■Now let's mix some spices:

☆We take few of Ginger Powder.

☆All the rest of Chili Powder.

☆Few of Black Pepper as you see.

☆Few of Salt.

☆Few of Turmeric.

•Then we mix all the Spices and sprinkle it on the vegetable and mix all together.

•When done, it becomes ready to put it into the pot.

°Note that the pot I am talking about is that which comes with the bowl that has some holes (they go together).

¤We take the main pot and we add the Onion after cutting it to small slices. ¤We add amount of one spoon of the Black Oil, then we stir them.

¤We add few of Salt.

¤We stir all together until it boils.

¤When it boils and looks as you see, we add the bowl of raw (moist) Chechpea.

¤We add one liter of water.

¤We add all the rests of spices.

¤We close the pot until it boils, then we add the vegetables.

¤When it boils we add first Carrot and all the types of Trunip we talked about so far, because they need much time to be cocked, that's why we put them in the bottom of the Pot.

¤We add the Lettuce second.

we add the Broan bBean or Vicia Faba with its peel, also we add Eggplant and three pieces of potatoes "Sorry I forgot to mention potatoes, I apologize about that".

•Please note! that you don't add Zucchini and Pumpkin now!

Then we put the bundle of Cilanto and Cariander.

¤Finally we add one liter of water, then we close the pot until it boils and releases Steam.

◇Now we put 1 kg of Couscous in a large plate.

◇Then we add just few of Black Oil, we mix the Couscous with the Oil well to prepare it for the first stage.

◇Now we put it into the pot that includes holes, to be ready for the first stage.

◇When our vegetables are cooked, we add the bowl of gains of a Vicia Faba (Beans), then we put the Couscous to be clooked with the steam of the vegetables.

◇After the Couscous took the first stage, and we see the release of the Steam on it, we take it off and we close the pot .

◇Now we put the Couscous in the large plate then we isolate and break it up well, we break it all definitely to be fully isolated.

◇Now we take half liter of water and we put almost quarter of it, then we mix it very well.

◇We add just few of Salt, less than half of spoon.

◇We add more water and continue isolating it until it takes all the half of liter of water.

◇Then we cover it with a piece of fabric for 10 minutes.

◇After 10 minutes we see that it becomes bigger and took all the water we have added.

◇Then we add amount of one spoon of Black Oil and spread it on the Couscous.

◇After that we take the pot that includes holes and put the Couscous in it.

◇First we add Tomatoes after we cut it.

◇Then we add the Tomato sauce to the rest of Saffron water and we add them togather to the pot.

◇We add the rest of butter if you have used it

◇Finally, we add Zucchini and Pumpkin.

◇And then we put the Couscous for the second stage.

▪When it becomes ready and we realize that the Couscous got wet with water steam, we take of the Couscous and we do the same thing we did before, what we call it: The second stage.

▪Then we add Bell Pepper (it is optional), and we close the pot.

▪We take the Couscous and we put it in the large plate we used before.

▪Then we start isolating and breaking it up again and cool it.

▪We taste the Couscous and if we find it missing the Salt, we add a little,  because if it doesn't include the enough amount of Salt, it will be less delicious.

▪After we well isolated it, we add few of Salt, because I am sure it will be less of it.

▪We take a quarter liter of water, we add few and we stir it well.

▪We keep adding the water and isolating the Couscous.

▪After we finish the quarter liter of water 250 mL, and becomes as you see, we fix it well, then we take the piece of fabric and we cover it for 10 minutes again.

▪After the ten minutes, it becomes more bigger as you see.

▪Then we add one spoon of the Black Oil, we stir it well, we mix them well.

▪Then we return it to the cooker with holes again.

▪We return the cooker on the main pot, then we let it until the release of the water steam.

▪After we can see the Steam on it,

we take it off, and ^congratulations^ everything is ready now.

▪We take all the chicken broth and we add it to the pot of vegetables, all of it, ■Note that the chicken will stay on a medium fire from the moment we put it for first, until it cooked we turn off the fire.

▪When we add all the chicken broth, we let the pot on fire until it boils.

▪We put the Couscous in the large plate and we isolate it somehow.

》you can add few of butter if you want.

♡Now our Couscous is ready.

After the broth boils and becomes as you see, we turn off fire.

°We put the Couscous in a favorite plate and we give it a familiar form.

°Then we add the vegetables, you can place the vegetables the way you like in the plate on the couscous, just

try to put it in order and parallel to make the dish looks beautiful and attractive.

°We water the Couscous with the appropriate amount of the broth.

●Just note that you don't have to put all the vegetables and all the broth in the plate, that you put just a few of vegetables, but if possible you can put  all of the omount if there is enough place in the plate, and that will be better.

°For the broth, put only the appropriate amount, don't wet the Couscous too much with a large amount of broth, make it looks just moist and not too wet.

°For chicken put it in the middle, all of it. You can see the available pictures of different plates and do the same with yours.

Thus, we have finished preparing our meal after a great effort.

I hope you like it and that you enjoy eating it, and I hope to meet your expectations, and I would like to thank you for the time and energy that you put into completing the preparation of this historical meal, which has become known internationally due to its cultural position In Arab countries and other countries of the world.

I wish you a delicious meal, and goodbye to a cooking course soon.

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