I wanted to share some of my favorite Moroccan meals with you.. There is nothing as easy yet successful as a Moroccan themed meal. Cous Cous a great salad and a poultry dish of choice.. add hummus, some zaatar spice and olive oil…and you can’t get better!
CHOSEN RECIPE’S
1.MOROCCAN COUS COUS
2.CHICKEN MINCE STUFFED EGGPLANT
Moroccan Cous Cous
Ingredients:
– Cous Cous (1 – 2 cup based on number of people)
– pitted prunes and/dates (1 Cup)
– Roast pumpkin/sweet potato/zucchini
– handful/largebunch of Parsley and/coriander
– handful of fresh pomegranate
– Spices – Zaatar, Turmeric, ground cinnamon, cumin.
METHOD:
– Cook prunes/dates with spices and 2 tablespoons of water in a small saucepan, add a teaspoon of each spice to the mix.
– Cook the Cous Cous
– Stir the cooked roasted pumpkin/sweet potato/pumpkin AND the prune/date mixture into the cous cous
– Add the parsley and/coriander to the cous cous.
Easy and YUMO
CHICKEN MINCE STUFFED EGGPLANT
Ingredients
– Chicken Mince
– Cumin, Zaatar, Turmeric
– 2 Small Eggplants
– Coriander
METHOD
– Slice the eggplants in half and Scoop the meat from the eggplant
– oil the empty eggplants and place skin side down in the oven for approx 15-20 minutes/until browned and tender.
– Cook the minced chicken add a teaspoon of each of the spices in the list above.
– add the eggplant meat to the mince chicken and cook entirely until it all becomes a soft mixture.
– Take the empty eggplants from the oven and scoop the mince mixture into the eggplants.
– Place back in to the oven for another 15/20 minutes or until fully cooked and juicy
ADD A heap of hummus and sprinkle with zaatar and coriander ENJOY!
Tales of Ezra 