The simplest nice couscous recipes in the world.. by Wombat.Noel

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I know a lot of people don't eat couscous much and some don't even know what it is but for me its a must to have in my cupboard usually. Its one of the simplest and nicest things to add to things. If i dont feel like cooking rice, i will use couscous instead since it takes so little time and can fulfill the same function.

anyway the way i found to make couscous simply and easily is.

Step 1. Pour however much couscous in the bowl you feel you will need. (remember is swells up in size)
Step 2. Bowl water in your handy Electric jug.
Step 3. Pour bowling water over cous cous till it covers the cous cous in a thin layer of water.
Step 4. Wait till the water is mostly absorbed, and add butter and salt.
Step 5. Use it for whatever you want it to.

Simple.

However cous cous by itself is fairly bland... therefore once you have the cous cous cooked in the above manner grab a can of 3 bean mix from the cupboard, some diced garlic from the fridge or dice up a couple cloves. add them to the cous cous, then stir, stick in the microwave for a minute. Take out stir add some soy sauce, and some tomato sauce, not much just enough to put their flavours into the dish. Add a bit of cheese at this point if you like cheese, and some pepper. (if you like it hot you can add some chilli flakes or paprika as well) Then zap in the microwave for another minute. Take out stir.

look at the lovely mess in the bowl and then eat it :)

Nutricious and delicious.

Another recipe for people to try if they have their trusty herb garden handy is

Making the cous cous as above but adding fresh basil, garlic and chives, some salt and pepper. Enough for you to enjoy the flavour. if you make about a cup of (dried) cous cous you will need about 3 leaves of basil and about a 1/4 handful of chives, and a clove or 2 worth of garlic, as well as a tablespoon of butter or margerine.

There are other things. Like i said i use it as a substitute for rice at times, and add it to a stirfry of lamb, onion, garlic, soy sauce, chilli and pepper. usually with brocolli, carrot, corn and peas.  Or to things like a white sauce mix and asparagus and mixed herbs. Cous cous has a million uses i am sure and these are just a few.

Blessings all
Wombat