Turkish Couscous Recipe - Kisir

Kisir or Turkish Couscous is made from Bulgur wheat or cracked wheat rather than the pasta based couscous that we know from Tunisia and Morocco.


2 Cups Bulgur Wheat
4 Cups Water
1 Tbs Salt
1 Tbs Tomato Paste
1 Tbs Ground Cumin
1 Medium Chopped Onion

2 Diced Tomatoes
1 Bunch Chopped Green Onion/Scallions
1 Bunch Chopped Dill
1 Bunch Chopped Mint
1 Tbs Red Pepper Flakes
1/2-1 Cup Sunflower or Vegetable Oil
Juice of 2 Lemons

Serves 6 - 8 persons.

Bring water and salt to heavy boil. Add bulgur wheat, tomato paste, cumin, chopped onion and stir. Cover, turn off heat and let sit for 15 minutes. Let cool to room temperature. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well together. Turkish Cous cous can be prepared in advance and served at room temperature on a bed of green leaf salad.

Couscous House

Couscous House
Originally uploaded by AndyRob

There are more and more good couscous restaurants in London now, including a little Metterranean cafe near where I live in Manor park East London. The one in the photograph is Maison Touaregue

22-24 Greek Street
London, W1D 4DZ
020 7439 1063

Black Kale Gratin with Couscous Recipe

Black Kale
Originally uploaded by STML

This is a couscous recipe from STML which makes good use of black kale, a sometimes less welcome inclusion in organic vegetable boxes

Boil the kale for 6 minutes in salted water, drain well and slather with butter. Mix in a greased dish with crushed garlic and two beaten eggs. Grate over cheese and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Bake in Gas Mark 6 oven until egg just set and cheese bubbling.

Authentic Moroccan couscous recipe

This authentic Moroccan couscous recipe is presented in the form of a video with all the ingredients and processes listed and explained. I like the music too.

Couscous is probably the most famous Moroccan dish however it varies from area to area. This is the simplest way to make it.

Ingredients list for chicken couscous recipe

One whole chicken

Smen or ghee

Onions

Coriander cilantro

Spices and water

How to make the chicken couscous recipe

Mix salt pepper turmeric ginger mace nutmeg cinnamon cardamon pods


To make smen get unsalted butter, warm it to room temperature, wash it with cold water to drain off excess milk, add one teaspoon of salt to every cup of butter, store in clean glass containers and let set in a dark cool place, not the fridge, for at last 2 months or more.

Chop the onion and cilantro

Mix the spices together with the coriander and pour over the chicken to marinade for three hours or overnight.

You need a steamer or cousocousier, or use a sieve over a saucepan with a lid on top of the sieve. You might need to put a cloth over the holes if they are too big for the couscous grain.

Mix water with 2 tbs of salt and pour over the raw couscous. Let it soak in for half an hour then fluff it up with your hands.

Slice two onions, add cinnamon, sugar and orange blossom water. Add raisons and cook until tender, around 25 minutes.

Fluff up the cooled couscous using smen and hands, then steam it again, 2 or 3 times until done.

To serve, place the couscous on a dish, make a hole in the middle and place the chicken and onions in the middle.

Cauliflower Couscous Recipe

Have I told you about my new Cauliflower couscous recipe yet? It's dead simple but makes a lot of sense. Instead of needing to use some of the precious sauce from the stew to make up the couscous you use the water from quick steaming the cauliflower instead. So the entire cauliflower couscous recipe goes like this:

Chop up half a cauliflower into small florets about 1-2 cms, wash and set aside.

Bring to the boil just enough water to cover the cauliflower.

Meanwhile place a large knob of butter in a glass caserole dish, and add a half cup of hot water, black pepper, salt and maybe harrissa. Stir until the butter has melted then add three cups of instant couscous.

Add the cauliflower to the pan, boil for about 2-3 minutes then add the entire contents solid and liquid to the couscous. Cover and leave for three minutes, then stir and allow steam to escape.

Serve with a delicious tagine or couscous stew.

There, one Cauliflower couscous recipe done.

Tunisian Couscous and Loubia

Tunisian Couscous and Loubia
Originally uploaded by beedieu

Bee's Tunisian Couscous and Loubia.

Loubia is the dish made with white beans slow cooked in tomato and spices.

Couscous Recipe