Eran Tibi served up his mum’s aubergine, tomato and beef stew with stir fried Israeli cous cous on Nadia’s Family Feasts.

The ingredients are: 1.5kg Beef cheek, cut into 4, 6 Tablespoons mild olive oil, 1 large Onion, peeled and roughly chopped, 2 large Carrots, cut into 1 inch chunks, 4 Celery sticks, cut into 2 inch chunks, 1 head of garlic, cut in half lengthways, 2L Beef stock, 5 large Aubergines, 2kg Plum Tomatoes, sliced ½ cm thick, 300g banana shallots, peeled and thinly sliced, 6 cloves Garlic, thinly sliced, 2 long chilli, thinly sliced, Salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the cous cous: 2 Tablespoon olive oil, 2 Banana shallots, peeled and thinly sliced, ½ teaspoon Turmeric / Saffron, 500ml Chicken stock, 250gm Israeli couscous, 1 Romesco cauliflower or normal cauliflower, 1½ Tablespoon olive oil, 1½ Tablespoon sesame oil, 2 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced, 1 long red chilli, thinly sliced and 20g White sesame seeds (toasted).

See Nadia’s recipes in her book titled: Fabulous Family Food: Easy, delicious recipes you’ll cook again and again available from Amazon now.