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!!