Couscous is a traditional North African dish wheat semolina base. The ingredients are wheat semolina, vegetables, chickpeas and red meat or chicken, or just with milk. Couscous is a food that consists of medium-sized durum wheat semolina grains of one millimeter in diameter (after cooking). Couscous is a staple in North African cuisine.
Learn how to make Couscous fast and easy with this recipe!
Couscous (easy and fast)
Cuisine: MoroccanServings
4
servingsPrep time
20
minutesCooking timeminutes
In order for your Couscous to taste good and be made quickly and easily, use the ingredients from the list and follow the preparation method.
Ingredients
Uncooked couscous (500 ml) — Raw coucous, NOT half-cooked
Boiling water (same volume as the couscous – 500 ml)
Olive oil (2 tablespoons)
Salt (1/4 teaspoon)
Directions
- Place the couscous in a bowl and add olive oil.
- Mix well with your hands, until you feel that all the couscous grains are well coated.
- Now, in the same container where you measured the couscous, put a large pinch of salt and add boiling water until you have the exact volume as the couscous. So in my case it’s 500 ml. Remember, it’s a 1 to 1 volume ratio for couscous and water.
- Add the boiling water to the couscous and immediately cover the bowl with a plate we want to keep the steam inside!
- And that’s it. Wait for 10 minutes.
- Then break apart and fluff the cooked couscous with a fork!
- The couscous is done!