Cous cous “Caffè Babilonia”
In the last days I’ve been reading two lovely books, written by Meheran Marsha, and they inspired me this recipe. It’s a story of three iranian sisters, who leave Teheran during the revolution and settle in a small town in Ireland. Here they start running a cafè. I warmly recommend this book! These books contain also some recipes, not vegan of course. I’d like to veganize them all…for the time being, I tried out this seitan.
Ingredients
– 250gr cous cous
– 300gr seitan
– 3 red onions
– 200gr walnuts
– cinnamon
– turmeric
– black pepper, freshly ground
– salt
– extra virgin oilve oil
– water
Method
Chop seitan and reduce the onion in thin slices. Sautè both of them in a pan with some oil, and leave them become tasty. In the meantime, process the walnuts and add some warm water (as needed) to form a cream. Dissolve 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon in some water. Add this cream to the seitan, plus turmeric (1/2 teaspoon), salt and pepper. Add some more water and let it cook for twenty-ish minutes.
In the meantime, prepare the cous cous as you usually do. When done, serve it in the plate with seitan, still warm.
I can’t wait to make some homemade seitan to try this recipe! It really smells of middle-east…I’m sure I’ll love it!
I adore the couscous 🙂
The idea of th inspiration comng from a book is great