Moroccan Chickpea Stew

[nfotxn]

I've been eating this a lot lately. Very healthy, tastes fantastic and keeps in the fridge for a good while.

Moroccan Chickpea and Vegetable Stew

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 cups (1/2 inch) cubed zucchini
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped carrot
• 1 tablespoon bottled minced garlic
• 1 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth [whatev', used normal broth]
• 2 tablespoons raisins [no, seriously! they're good]
• 1-1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1-1/4 teaspoons ground cumin
• 3/4 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 (15.5oz) cans chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained
• 1 (14.5oz) can stewed tomatoes, undrained
• 1+1/2 cups water
• 1 cup uncooked couscous

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add zucchini, onion, carrot and add garlic; sauté 5 minutes. Stir in broth and the next 9 ingredients (broth through tomatoes); bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 8 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.
2. While the cheakpea mixture simmers, prepare couscous. Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan; gradually stir in couscous. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
3. Serve the stew over couscous. Yield: 6 servings.

Comments

[umkinda.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely going to try this one out...

[xtc-cub.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmmmm. This looks really good and I'm not a big chickpea fan so I'll have to try this one out.

[theotherqpc.livejournal.com]

yummers...being me, tho, i'll be cooking dried chickpeas for 3 hours...i get obsessive with my food - if i can avoid using somehting premade, i'll do it...i've made my own pasta, tempeh, seitan, even flour!

(and no, i'm not a vegetarian...i just dig veggie food)

Nice one

[(Anonymous)]

Hey Brodie,
Thanks for this recipie, sounds good. I'll try it after sex with my man.

:: n33o ::

[notofthisworld.livejournal.com]

Hey Brodie,

When I saw this recipe a week ago, I thought "That looks good", but (a) I'm not so down with chicken broth, and (b) I can't cook.

But I recently found some non-animal, pseudo-chicken stock cubes (which takes care of (a)), and so I recklessly decided, "Damn item (b)!", and cooked the recipe tonight. It actually was quite easy, and turned out good-ish.

(It's the first time I've tried to cook a recipe since my disastrous Home Ec classes in grade 8. I'm surprised I was able to find a set of measuring spoons around here.)

So I'm just writing this to say thanks, and to boast about my new-found cooking pride :-)

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[nthebare.livejournal.com]

I noticed your music of choice was Dynamix II. Not many people I know have heard of them. Their early 90's stuff is what I grew up on.