When you were really tiny, you used to like this (and throw it all over the floor). Today was a rather more sedate affair round the big glass table in the dining room table (it was too cold and windy for the balcony), but the couscous still went everywhere.
This makes enough for six (or four really greedy people).
500g lamb mince
an onion, chopped
about 1/3 of a 250g bag of dried apricots
one small-medium aubergine, diced (cut into pieces about 2cm across)
some water, or a tin of chopped tomatoes
spices - 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon, ground cumin and turmeric, and a good screw of black pepper
Heat the mince in the frying pan until it goes from pink to brown. Add the onion and aubergine, and fry for 5 minutes, until the onion goes translucent, and the aubergine has started to soften.
Add the spices, and fry for a couple of minutes.
Add the liquid - today I had 3/4 of a can of chopped tomatoes lurking in the fridge, so I stuck that in, together with some water. I usually add enough to just cover the mixture. Chuck in the apricots - I sliced them up today, but you could halve them, or even add them whole.
Bring to the boil, and then simmer for however long you have. You need at least 20 minutes, I reckon, but an hour would be more like it. The longer you leave it, the more liquid you may need to add - the apricots and aubergines absorb quite a lot, so keep checking to make sure it hasn't boiled dry...
Serve with some couscous, and whatever green salady stuff you've got in the fridge/garden. If you're feeling very fancy, you could shred some mint and scatter it on top. I haven't managed to persuade you that's a good idea yet...
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