Recipe: Savoury Tomatoes with Cous Cous within 15 minutes
This is a quick, healthy and light meal which is full of flavour.
This recipe serves 2.
Ingredients for the savoury tomatoes
• 8 tomatoes – chopped into small pieces
• 1 finger chilli – finely chopped – reduce or increase the amount of chilli you use depending on how hot this particular chilli is, whilst considering your love of spice
• 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon of coconut oil
• salt to taste
• 1 pinch of turmeric
• 2/3 teaspoon of ground coriander powder
• 1 handful of freshly chopped coriander
How to make the savoury tomatoes
1. Put the coconut oil in a pan
2. When it warms up, add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds and put the lid on the pan
3. When the seeds begin to pop, add the chillies and cover the pan again
4. After 15 seconds, add the tomatoes, salt, turmeric and ground coriander powder
5. Let it cook for 7 minutes
6. When the tomatoes are as soft as you'd like, add the fresh coriander – I usually do this after 5 minutes
Ingredients for the cous cous
• 1/2 a cup (125ml) of cous cous
• 1 cube of vegan stock
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• water
• freshly ground salt
• freshly ground pepper
How to make for the cous cous
1. Boil the kettle
2. Put the cous cous in a bowl
3. Crumble the stock on the cous cous ensuring there are no lumps and mix
4. Drizzle the olive oil on it
5. Add water so that the level of water reaches about 1cm above the cous cous
6. Add freshly ground salt and pepper
7. Stir a little
8. Cover the bowl with a plate and leave it for 3 minutes
9. The cous cous will be ready when the water has been absorbed completely
10. Put the cous cous in a little bowl and turn it upside down to create a mound of cous cous and serve the tomatoes alongside it
Serving suggestion
Suraj put the cous cous in a little bowl and then turned it upside down to present the cous cous as shown in the photo