Vegetable couscous with peas

Juicy dish with tender couscous and vegetables. Couscous with vegetables is a dish that can be very diverse depending on the season. You can add corn, slices of tomatoes without skin, eggplants, sweet peppers of different colors to the vegetable set. Instead of water, you can safely use vegetable broth.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 17 % 2 g
Fats 17 % 2 g
Carbohydrates 67 % 8 g
60 kcal
GI: 44 / 56 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 50 min

The first step is to prepare the vegetables.
Zucchini should be washed, cut off the skin, if it is hard, and cut the zucchini themselves into small cubes.
Wash the carrots, peel and also cut into small cubes.
Remove the sweet pepper from the seeds, and cut the pulp into small squares.
Defrost green peas.
Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan or in a frying pan, put the carrots, fry them lightly, add the rest of the vegetables, stirring, fry them for 10-15 minutes until soft.
Add salt and spices to taste (ground black pepper, for example, turmeric, curry, paprika, asafoetida).
Pour boiling water to the vegetables, lay out the couscous and put it to languish on a minimum heat.
15-20 minutes, preferably 30, it is necessary that the couscous absorbs the liquid and swells.
Serve couscous with vegetables hot. Fresh greens will be very appropriate when serving.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Zucchini - 23   kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Fresh green peas - 280   kcal/100g
  • Canned green peas - 55   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Spices dry - 240   kcal/100g
  • Couscous - 112   kcal/100g

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