yummy yummy couscous

I successfully made couscous! For so long this simple grain has caused me many headaches. My problem is usually not measuring and adding far too much water (once had that prob with milk and mac and cheese when I was young.) Last night Giovanna came over for a sleepover and I decided to be very brave and try this once more for her. Danny at work had given me some advice on how to make his perfect couscous, so feeling confident and ambitious, out of the cupboard my couscous came along with loads of veggies to top it with.

It was delicious! Here is my recipie:
1. Smash cumin seeds then fry then for a little bit in a big pan.

2. Start chopping and frying vegetables. I used onion, spring onion, red and green pepper, broccoli, celery, garlic and mushrooms. Pretty much whatever I found in my fridge. Then added a bit of cayanne pepper to spice things up.

3. Once the veggies were going well I poured in a good amount of couscous in with the cumin seeds, added a thing of vegetable stock for added flavour and then covered with boiling water, just enough to make a layer above the couscous about the height of that half moon at the root of your fingernail.

4. I then covered the couscous, turned off the heat and left to set for 5 min.

5. Once it was done I pouffed it with a fork, divided it between two plates and topped with all of the vegetables.

It was devine! Definitly a cheap and easy dish to do again and again. My only mistake was not taking a picture. So you can imagine it with this one below:


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