Falafel Balls on a Bed of Couscous, topped with Tomato Sauce and Cilantro
Cook 1/2 cup of couscous for two.
Tomato Sauce:
Sauter a medium sized clove of garlic, 1/2 thumb-sized shallot, 1/2 brown onion finely diced in olive oil. Add a 400g (15oz) tin of diced tomatoes plus 1/2 of the tin rinsed with water, stir well, and season with:
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• a good dash of Maggi sauce
• a couple of teaspoons of Moroccan seasoning — I usually use ground cumin, ground coriander, and raz el hanout — but this time used Spice Roads Moroccan seasoning, a gift from my daughter.
Let reduce and thicken on a slow simmer, and if you like things with a certain acidity, add in the juice of 1/6 lime. (It also depends on how your spices are structured: the one from my daughter is already acidified with sumac, so you might want more.)
Lay a bed of couscous, add the number of falafel balls you want, ladle over the sauce, heat in a microwave for 30-60 seconds, and top with the cilantro leaves...
Falafel Balls on a Bed of Couscous, topped with Tomato Sauce and Cilantro
Cook 1/2 cup of couscous for two.
Tomato Sauce:
Sauter a medium sized clove of garlic, 1/2 thumb-sized shallot, 1/2 brown onion finely diced in olive oil. Add a 400g (15oz) tin of diced tomatoes plus 1/2 of the tin rinsed with water, stir well, and season with:
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• a good dash of Maggi sauce
• a couple of teaspoons of Moroccan seasoning — I usually use ground cumin, ground coriander, and raz el hanout — but this time used Spice Roads Moroccan seasoning, a gift from my daughter.
Let reduce and thicken on a slow simmer, and if you like things with a certain acidity, add in the juice of 1/6 lime. (It also depends on how your spices are structured: the one from my daughter is already acidified with sumac, so you might want more.)
Lay a bed of couscous, add the number of falafel balls you want, ladle over the sauce, heat in a microwave for 30-60 seconds, and top with the cilantro leaves...