High and Welcome on couscous!
yes, this is a website totally dedicated to couscous.Why?
First, in order to find recipes on videos, yes, it is finally possible in our section videos.
The website couscous.net gathers all the informations found on the net in real time so that, in order to succeed in a good couscous dish, you mix all these different sources so you can find ideas for recipes; and there are articles, products, images, blogs that show you how to match something with one of your favourite dishes.
Yes there exist many different recipes and different origin like the Israeli couscous, the Moroccan couscous, the Algerian or the Tunisian one and…not to be forgotten, our recipe of couscous with fish.
The second purpose of couscous, which is already a reference on couscous, is to bring peoples nearer with their culture. What could be better in order to share the culture of some nation but to learn to know them through their dishes? This brings us closer and lets us better understand its origin; and the conviviality of a good dish reinforces us in our need to live in peace and harmony the ones with the others.
Recipe Couscous with fish
Main dishTwo or three kinds of fishes such as grouper fish monkfish or red snapper
Spices and herbs:
Harissa
cumin
mint
saffron
salt and black pepper
vegetables:
onions diced 1 cup and a half
zucchini 500 gr
small carrots 300gr
chick peas 150 gr
couscous 800 gr
tomatoes 200 gr (mashed)
garlic, one pod
olive oil
Cooking: Take a great bowl, pour in olive oil, mix garlic with harissa, cumin, salt, pepper; mix well and put pieces of fish inside; let them soak well in the mixture and let marinate for 45 minutes.
Prepare the couscous in the pot, pour in a cup of olive oil, have the mashed tomatoes cook over light heat while stirring, at the same time, put the diced onions and the 250 ml of water; then put in the mint leaves and the pepper for 10 more minutes; then put in the carrots and the eggplants; stir, add 400 ml then the chick peas.
Stir then start adding the marinated fish; let cook, placing your couscous above your pot; add a little water and have it cook lightly for 15 minutes; pour in saffron then mix with hand.
Now serve the couscous on a great plate and pour over it the mixture of fish, spices and vegetables; add fresh mint leaves and serve hot.
Good appetite!
Latest news about COUSCOUS
Get Inspired by Bold and Natural Flavors (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - Peruse the dishes featured in America's top restaurants and epicurean magazines and it's easy to look that culinary trends this year are focusing on refreshingly bold flavors and natural ways to sweeten dishes.
5 Sep 2008, 5:42 am | click here for more
Stuffed peppers are irresistible (Park Rapids Enterprise)
Fresh bell peppers are creating a splash of color at farmers’ markets these days. They seem to be acting as magnets as I am pulled directly to them, unable to turn away. Their smooth, taut skin and stems of green with bright, vivid color and a fragrance that can’t be matched by any pepper in the grocery store – so fresh and so irresistible.
4 Sep 2008, 7:56 am | click here for more
Dining out: The Hot Five (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Here's what's new and notable in the restaurant world. The latest and greatest from the team behind La Belle Vie, Solera and Smalley's Caribbean Barbeque and Pirate Bar features an enormous tequila selection, a long list of Mexican-accented tiny plates and a lively setting.
4 Sep 2008, 3:41 pm | click here for more
Sausage Lovers' Delight, From Bobby Flay (CBS News)
He grilled dishes from hot sausage to bratwurst, from souvlaki to sandwich, on The Early Show .
4 Sep 2008, 1:30 pm | click here for more
Verbena, Birkdale (The New Zealand Herald)
The wine club picked its way daintily (they were on their way in) past the three blokes winding down from the afternoon's golf game, the couple who couldn't be bothered cooking that night, the family celebrating their daughter's 15th birthday and the neighbours who were catching up.
4 Sep 2008, 1:18 pm | click here for more
DINING NOTES: Chew's sister eatery, Orsay, is now open (The Florida Times-Union)
Nine months since the wheels began turning to launch a new restaurant, Jonathan Insetta is the proud owner of Orsay.
4 Sep 2008, 12:40 am | click here for more
Sales Up 30%, Profits Fall At United Natural Foods (Hartford Courant)
Sales growth of nearly 30 percent failed to boost fourth-quarter profits at United Natural Foods, the Killingly-based natural and organic food wholesaler that is Whole Foods Market's main supplier.
3 Sep 2008, 9:33 pm | click here for more
Finance and Commerce is the must-read and must-use business resource. (Finance and Commerce)
It was a party that could only happen in the New Midwest.
3 Sep 2008, 6:30 pm | click here for more
Easy, quick dessert is plum perfect for guests (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By BETTY ROSBOTTOM In a few days, one of my closest friends and her husband are coming for a visit. I want my menu to be bountiful and special, but it has to be simple as well. I’ve decided to start with a chilled curried soup, which can be prepared a day ahead. Grilled cumin-rubbed lamb chops topped with a quickly made Greek yogurt sauce, couscous tossed with grape tomatoes and scallions, and ...
3 Sep 2008, 1:11 am | click here for more
Hershey Country Club chef wins (The Patriot-News)
JOHN C. WHITEHEAD, The Patriot-News Michael Collier, executive cook at Hershey Country Club, plates up his sauteed trout on a bed of couscous with mushroom and spinach, topped with daikon strawberry salad at the PA Preferred Best cook of Pa contest today.
1 Sep 2008, 5:49 pm | click here for more
