African Happy New Year

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 medium zucchini (cut in 3 inch chunks)
• 1 medium yellow squash (cut in 3 inch chunks)
• 1 medium red onion (cut in half and quartered)
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 cup couscous
• 1/2 cup of boiling vegetable stock
• 2 tilapia fillets
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger
• 2 teaspoons curry powder
• 2 inches tamarind pods
• salt
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Recipe

• 1 place cut up vegetables in bowl along with olive oil and toss together.
• 2 place on baking sheet, season with salt and black pepper and roast in preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.
• 3 in a glass bowl mix couscous with hot vegetable stock. cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow couscous to soak up all the liquid…about 15 minutes.
• 4 after 20 minutes in the oven, remove the vegetables and allow to rest about 5 minutes.
• 5 fluff the couscous and check for salt. add extra if necessary. add roasted vegetables and mix together.
• 6 in a sauce pan, heat up coconut milk, curry, tamarind, grated ginger and cayenne pepper under low-medium heat. cook for 5 minutes and taste for salt. add salt if necessary and cook until liquid thickens and reduce by about half.
• 7 brush liquid on the fish and place fish on hot grill. continue to brush coconut milk mixture on each side as you cook the fish. cook each side for 3 minutes per side for up to 3 turns making sure to brush on liquid each time you turn the fish.
• 8 serve hot over vegetable couscous.