Maftoul

Ingredients:
3 tbsp. of Olive Oil
Chicken or beef broth
1 tsp Ziyad Cumin Powder
Salt and pepper
1 can Ziyad Chicken peas
2 tbsp. tomato paste
1 small onion, chopped
4 carrots, sliced


Directions:

Maftoul is cooked in a special pot (a couscous steamer) with an inside bottom-perforated pan placed in a larger pot.
Moisten Maftoul in water and oil for 15 minutes. Put it in perforated pan above stew.
Mix broth, vegetables, tomato sauce, chick peas, onions and carrots, then add spices to taste preferences.
Boil stew with maftoul in raised perforated pan.
Maftoul is ready when the granules are cooked, separated, soft, and moist.
Maftoul stew consists of diced seasonal vegetables and legumes (usually chickpeas), fish or meat (preferably chicken or lamb, but also beef). Add spices.
SERVE: Place Maftoul in center of a large platter and top with meat chunks and vegetables.