Kesksou bel Hout wal Batata
- 3 cups couscous
- 3 cups warm water
- 1/21 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 22 1/2 pounds fish fillets
- Salt and pepper
- 2 onions, cut in half and sliced
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon harissa (see page 464) (optional)
- 4 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1 pound waxy new potatoes, cut in half, or quartered if large
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Prepare the grain as described in An Easy Way of Preparing Quick-Cooking Couscous in the Oven (page 376), using the quantities given in the ingredients list above, and using olive oil instead of vegetable oil or butter.
- Season the fish with salt and pepper and leave, covered, in the refrigerator while you prepare the soup.
- In a large pan, fry the onions in the oil till they just begin to color.
- Add the garlic and fry for a minute.
- Then stir in the cumin and the harissa, if using.
- Put in the tomatoes and potatoes.
- Cover with about 1 quart water and add sugar, salt, and pepper.
- Simmer until the potatoes are tender.
- Then add the fish and cook 410 minutes, until the flesh begins to flake when you cut into it.
- Serve the grain with the fish on top and the broth in a separate bowl.
couscous, warm water, salt, extravirgin olive oil, fish fillets, salt, onions, extravirgin olive oil, garlic, cumin, tomatoes, potatoes, sugar
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/kesksou-bel-hout-wal-batata-373552 (may not work)