Tunisia

Couscous au poisson

Name: Couscous au poisson
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Tunisian
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups medium couscous couscous; 6 grouper or sea bream steaks fish; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 large chopped onion; 1/3 cup tomato paste tomato puree; 2 tbsp harissa paste; 5 cloves crushed garlic; 3 halved potato; a wedge in chunks pumpkin; 2 halved carrot; 2 green peppers halved capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper); 2 tsp tabil or ground coriander coriander powder (ground coriander); 1 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 2 tsp paprika; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 6 cups water; Salt, to taste

Fish steaks poached in a fiery harissa broth, spooned over couscous. Tunisia's coast on a platter.

75 minTime

44 gProtein each

hotSpice

The coastal couscous2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayHarissa broth, fish steaks, vegetables and couscous.

The original

683kcalsame

44 gproteinsame

8 gfibresame

75minutessame

Classic Tunisian fish couscous.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Couscous2½ cups medium couscous

Fish6 grouper or sea bream steaks

Olive oil4 tbsp

Onion1 large, chopped

Tomato puree⅓ cup tomato paste

Harissa paste2 tbsp

Garlic5 cloves, crushed

Potato3, halved

Pumpkina wedge, in chunks

Carrot2, halved

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)2 green peppers, halved

Coriander powder (ground coriander)2 tsp tabil or ground coriander

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1 tsp

Paprika2 tsp

Lemon juice2 tbsp

Water6 cups

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Rub the fish with half the garlic, cumin, lemon and salt. Chill while you start the sauce.
2Fry the onion in oil, add tomato paste, harissa, the rest of the garlic, coriander and paprika and fry until brick red. Add water, carrots and potatoes and simmer.
3Steam the couscous over the pot, or moisten it with salted water and oil, then fluff and steam again.
4Add pumpkin and peppers, then slide in the fish and poach gently until it flakes.
5Moisten the couscous with ladles of broth, mound on a platter and arrange fish and vegetables on top.

Serve it like this

Mound the red couscous on a big platter, ring with vegetables and lay the fish on top. Serve extra broth and harissa on the side, with lemon wedges.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Tunisia

Couscous au poisson

Fish steaks poached in a fiery harissa broth, spooned over couscous. Tunisia's coast on a platter.

75 minTime

44 gProtein each

hotSpice

The coastal couscous2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayHarissa broth, fish steaks, vegetables and couscous.

The original

683kcalsame

44 gproteinsame

8 gfibresame

75minutessame

Classic Tunisian fish couscous.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Couscous2½ cups medium couscous

Fish6 grouper or sea bream steaks

Olive oil4 tbsp

Onion1 large, chopped

Tomato puree⅓ cup tomato paste

Harissa paste2 tbsp

Garlic5 cloves, crushed

Potato3, halved

Pumpkina wedge, in chunks

Carrot2, halved

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)2 green peppers, halved

Coriander powder (ground coriander)2 tsp tabil or ground coriander

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1 tsp

Paprika2 tsp

Lemon juice2 tbsp

Water6 cups

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Rub the fish with half the garlic, cumin, lemon and salt. Chill while you start the sauce.
2Fry the onion in oil, add tomato paste, harissa, the rest of the garlic, coriander and paprika and fry until brick red. Add water, carrots and potatoes and simmer.
3Steam the couscous over the pot, or moisten it with salted water and oil, then fluff and steam again.
4Add pumpkin and peppers, then slide in the fish and poach gently until it flakes.
5Moisten the couscous with ladles of broth, mound on a platter and arrange fish and vegetables on top.

Serve it like this

Mound the red couscous on a big platter, ring with vegetables and lay the fish on top. Serve extra broth and harissa on the side, with lemon wedges.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Couscous au poisson

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Couscous au poisson

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