Easy cous cous with pan fried vegetables

Here is an easy recipe for your quick lunch or side dish to be accompanied with some main dish, European or Middle Eastern style of fish or meat whatever you feel like having;), the cous cous salad, Aki style^^;
Cous cous is anyway a very convenient carbohydrate ingredient, probably the most efficient in terms of cooking time.
All you need is to place it in a bowl with a olive oil or butter, and boil some water to pour in and wait for 5 minutes and done!
That is how we make 'plain cous cous' which you can probably eat with Moroccan style stew or even with any kinds of curries... but here, you need a bit extra cooking.


<Cous cous Aki style>

-Ingredients for two people as a main dish-
150g   　　Cooked cous cous　
50g     　　Shallot or onion - finely chopped
40g     　　Carrot - finely chopped
30g     　　Aubergine -finely chopped
20g     　　Paprika -colour can be any of your choice - finely chopped
20g     　　Dried fruits of your choice - here I use raisin and apricot
1.5 tbsp 　Tomato puree
                 Jalapeno, if you like it hot - finely chopped

Spice of your choice -e.g. ground coriander, cumin seeds, turmeric, chili powder, etc.
Salt & Pepper to taste

-Cooking instruction-
1. Cook cous cous according to the instruction on a package.
2. Chop all vegetables.
3. Pan fry shallot (or onion) first till it turns very light brown colour, and add the rest of vegetables and cook for about 3-4 min.
4. Add tomato puree to incorporate, and then dried fruits.
5. Season with some spices, salt and pepper.
6. Mix in finely chopped parsley.
Note that vegies can be anything you have in a fridge, from courgette, celery, cucumber, to beetroot, celeriac, etc.etc...

That's it! Easy!
Hope you will enjoy cooking (not just reading...)