Kasundi Beef with Couscous and Cucumber Sour Cream

Kasundi Beef with Couscous and Cucumber Sour Cream

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, July 9, 2017.

A quick and delicious Monday night meal.


Ingredients

KASUNDI BEEF

  • 300g beef mince
  • ½ egg
  • 1 teaspoon tagine spices
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ brown onion, thinly sliced
  • ½ clove garlic, minced
  • 1½ teaspoons ginger, minced
  • 1 teaspoon tagine spices
  • ¾ cup chicken stock
  • 1 tomato, diced 2cm
  • ½ courgette
  • 2 tablespoons kasundi

COUSCOUS

  • ¾ cup chicken stock
  • ¾ cup couscous

CUCUMBER SOUR CREAM

  • ½ Lebanese cucumber, grated and squeezed to remove excess liquid
  • ½ pottle sour cream

TO SERVE

  • 25g sliced almonds
  • 2-3 tablespoons kasundi (optional)

Steps

  1. In a large bowl, combine mince, egg, first measure of tagine spices and salt and mix together well. Roll mixture into golf-ballsized balls and set aside on a plate.
  2. Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium fry-pan on high heat. Cook meatballs for about 4 minutes, turning regularly, until browned but not cooked through. Remove from pan and set aside. Reduce heat to medium, add onion to pan and cook for 1-2 minutes, until tender.
  3. Add garlic, ginger and second measure of tagine spices and cook for about 1 minute, until fragrant. Return meatballs to pan and add first measure of stock and tomato. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 5 minutes, until sauce has thickened.
  4. Grate courgette and add to pan with sauce, along with kasundi. Cook for about 1 minute, until courgette is tender. Season with salt and pepper.
  5. While sauce is simmering, bring second measure of stock to the boil in a medium pot on high heat. Once boiling, turn off heat, add couscous and stir. Cover and leave for 5 minutes, then fluff up grains with a fork. Mix cucumber and sour cream together in a small bowl and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  6. spoon couscous into bowls and top with kasundi beef. Sprinkle with almonds and dollop over a little of cucumber sour cream. Serve extra kasundi on the side (if using).

Nutritional Information

Energy 1967 kj
470 kcal
Protein 41.9g
Carbohydrate 39.8g
Fat 15.4g