Morrocan- Indian style seafood cous cous

Inspired by a recipe from Jamie Oliver ( and recent discovery of tagine and Morrocan cuisine), I've made up this superbly tasty seafood dish that i think everyone should try making it. It's so easy and carries so much flavour that even the cheapest fish/prawns taste like lobster! :)

To make 4 servings:
1. finely chopped an onion, fry on a hot pan with olive oil
2. add garlic and chopped chilli to create nice fragrance and colour
3. grind up cumin seeds, rosemary, a bit of sage, paprika, cinnamon and sea salts to make our seasoning
4. add the seasoning into pan, mix well, add a knob of butter.
5. add hot water to cous cous and cook in microwave for about 30-45seconds. add into hot pan( as the butter has melted)
6. stir the cous cous through the seasoning,add flakes of fish, squid, prawns etc., mushrooms on top. Cut half a lemon and just add into the pan.sprinkle with a bit of salt and pepper on the fish.
7. Wet a stack of newspaper / kitchen paper and cover the top of the pan completely , lower the fire --> a makeshift tagine, where the cous cous is pan fried and seafood is steamed/stewed. This way, the texture and sweetness of seafood are preserved really well.

the "tagine"

8.Simmer for about 10-15 mins, checking that fish is cooked. Open the "tagine" ( at this point, you can quickly stir the whole mixture to ensure that the seafood on top is well seasoned) sprinkle with parsley and maybe a bit more of chopped chilli. Squeeze lemon juice out of the now-very-soft lemon.

I love Swiss brown mushrooms in everything!!(:

9. Plate it up. It will smell great. and taste awesomeeee.and the best part is that it only takes about 30 mins for this wonderful concoction.

The thing i love about cous cous is that, unlike rice/pasta, it is so quick to cook and easily combined with many other exotic ingredients!!!great carrier of flavours!!

Je'taime, Glebe!

I love Glebe. One of the few places in sydney where you actually dont feel like...you're in Asia.LOL

Absolutely adore the interior design of San Churros.

Crunchy Churros and milk chocolate dip. yummmm.
Little note to remember our classy day (:

We then headed to clipper cafe for brunch - felt like we were in Venice (:

Je'taime (:


Baked eggs with mushrooms and spinach. Simple food for the happy soul (:

My sneaky photo taking at an antique bookshop

Taitai wannabe (:

My next destination - glebe market for vintage clothing!

a girly day out (:

My exam is finally over. the end of the toast, spread and coffee diet.
This morning I woke up at 6am , earliest time ever - well besides that time when i was waken up uber early to go to hunter valley with me lovely friends :D - so I decided to stock up enough glucose supply for me brain to last the 2-and-a-half-hour exam

My morning fresh start

Went to Adriano Zumbo after exam for some pastry indulgence - spent 2 hours trying to figure out how to get there, but it was all worth it. The place wasnt as high class as I thought but the cakes were definite divine. Loved the rhubarb macarons to bits.

Back to QVB for some girly shopping spree - i wanted a pair of flats and probably some poodle skirt for my friend's theme party. Couldnt get what I liked in the end, but i surely had a wonderful night with me besties -and not to forget, a sweet surprise that got me all blushed for the rest of dinner (:

At Kansai - a Japanese buffet restaurant. Eat till we drop!!!
Edamame I think it was?!?
Our all-time favourite - UNAGI!!
A whole bridge of shashimi
Dragon rolls- didnt look that great but who cares, there's more unagi:D
Yummy teriyaki salmon - ade was so disgusted that I ate the skin as well :))

At David Jones in the search for the 1950s- being hypnotised by cool *and extremely expensive* headgears and corsages

Random weird stuff :))

My friend claimed this looked like the Malay's traditional hat :/

Now it's time to plan for my lovelie's 21st. im thinking opera cake, cupcakes, cheesecake brownies, canapes. See how much time i've got (: