Traditional Vegetable Stew for Couscous Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Popular Recipes. (Traditional Vegetable Stew for Couscous Recipe). This is one of our family staples. It's very quick to prepare. Once all the ingredients are in the pot, all you do is wait for it to be cooked. Serve it over a mound of instant whole-meal couscous. This dish is quite flexible so feel free to play around with the vegetable combination. Try this with fennel, turnip, lima beans, oyster mushrooms, etc.

Brief

Prep 20 mins

Cook: 1hr

Total: 1hr20 mins

Servings: 6

Yield: 6 servings

Traditional Vegetable Stew for Couscous Recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 onion

sliced

½ red bell pepper

sliced

1 leek

cut into thick wedges

6 carrots

cut into thick wedges

4 potatoes

halved

1 (1/2 pound) sugar pumpkin - peeled

seeded

and cut into thick wedges

2 zucchinis

cut into thick wedges

1 Jerusalem artichoke

sliced

4 cups water

10 saffron threads

½ cup red lentils

½ cup cooked chickpeas

½ cup frozen broad beans

½ cup frozen peas

2 teaspoons salt

1 pinch ground black pepper

or to taste

Soup, Stew and Chili

Directions

Step 1

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir the onion and bell pepper in the hot oil until slightly softened 2 to 3 minutes. Add the leek carrots potatoes pumpkin zucchinis and Jerusalem artichoke to the pot; cover the skillet and cook another 10 minutes.

Step 2

Stir the water saffron and lentils into the vegetable mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low return cover to the pot and allow the mixture to simmer until the vegetables are tender about 30 minutes.

Step 3

Add the chickpeas broad beans and peas to the stew. Season with the salt and pepper. Cover again and continue cooking until the lentils are mushy about 15 minutes.

Nutritional Information

Traditional Vegetable Stew for Couscous Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:6

Calories: 312.7

% Daily Value *

Protein: 11.3g 23%

Carbohydrates: 57.3g 19%

Dietary Fiber: 13.3g 53%

Sugars: 8.8g

Fat: 5.5g 9%

Saturated Fat: 0.8g 4%

Vitamin A Iu: 15764.6IU 315%

Niacin Equivalents: 5.7mg 44%

Vitamin B6: 0.9mg 57%

Vitamin C: 65mg 108%

Folate: 177.1mcg 44%

Calcium: 94.7mg 10%

Iron: 4.1mg 23%

Magnesium: 93.9mg 34%

Potassium: 1375.9mg 39%

Sodium: 926.2mg 37%

Thiamin: 0.4mg 40%

Calories From Fat: 49.6

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.