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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Minty Couscous


Posting the recipe for the minty couscous that I made the other day along with stuffed tomatoes.This is my first attempt on couscous. I prepared it just like rava kichadi using bell peppers, except that I used olive oil instead of ghee. The result was not disappointing.
I think it goes along great with coconut chutney, but I was already tired preparing and clicking my tomatoes, we decided to just have it on its own, with stuffed tomatoes on the side.

Ingredients:
1 cup couscous

1 medium onion sliced

4 garlic cloves chopped
1 medium bellpepper sliced
1 green chilli slit
1 cup chopped olives(optional)
a hand full of mint leaves

Method. In a pot, add the olive oil. When its hot add the garlic, onion and gren chili.Fry till opaque. Add the bellpeppers ,salt and fry well. Add 2 cups of water, throw in the mint and olives, close and allow it to boil. When the water is boiling , add the couscous and stir well. Close with a lid , simmer and cook for 10 minutes


Note
  • We can also add some tomatoes and peas and other vegetables as per taste
  • It does not stick like Rava, so need not worry about lumps.
  • Amount of water may differ depending on the brand of couscous we use.


Off this goes to Ammalu's kitchen for the Herb Mania - Mint

6 comments:

  1. Mint and couscous are a cool twist to rava khichadi, and the tomatoes look yummy!

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  2. That does look a lot like our rava upma.. mint must make it very fragrant.. looks good!

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  3. couscous is something i am yet to give a try...never got an opurtunity...this ones looks gr8 especially with the flavor of mint in it...

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  4. this version looks delicious,..

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  5. Anonymous1:10 PM

    Pictures are great and great entry for the event. One more dish in my bookmark page.

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  6. never used couscous before, though I always wanted to give it a shot.. This one is so tempting.. and sounds simple too..

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