Traditional Vegetable Stew for Couscous
"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."
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 12 of 16 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Chickpea | 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained | 134 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Lentil | 1/2 cup cooked (99g) | 115 |
| Pea | 1/2 cup (72g) | 62 |
| Jerusalem Artichoke | 1 medium (128g) | 60 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bell Pepper | 1 medium (119g) | 31 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Saffron | not in our table | 0 |
| Broad Bean | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1/2 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 (optional)
- 4 cups water
- 10 saffron threads
- 1/2 cup red lentils
- 1/2 cup cooked chickpeas
- 1/2 cup frozen broad beans
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 pinch ground black pepper, or to taste