COUS COUS....helppppppppppp

medot · COUS COUS....helppppppppppp

ok i know this should be in the recipe forum...but i need help NOW!!

i'm doing a meal tonight and i want to do some cous cous with it just to make it different...but i haven't got a clue how to cook it. i thought you cooked it like rice but on the packet it says you add boiling water and lret it stand...is that right???

and exactly how much is a portion???

ps should i add a stock cube to it...soemone said it can be a tad bland on its own.

pps..i'll remove this to the recipe forum when i get a reply.

pps......I ' M WAITINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Tango Bunny

Depends which type you have Dot
You can get some 5 minute cous cous that you just simmer for 5 mins.Some you keep in the bag and just fling them in the micro
If it the natural cous cous then yes you do put that in a saucepan with water and boil until the liquid reduces out.
Sound like you have an instant one

medot

omg...this is complicated now...so should i just add the water then...and how much do i use...its just for me and hubby

dragon

Why cous cous?, it has no flavour. Normally you just add boiling water and leave for 5 to 10 minutes, then add other ingrediants to give flavour, eg. nuts or herbs.

Tango Bunny

Dot
Does the pack say how many it serves
If it's normal cous cous then one bag(whitworths) would feed a starving african family
If it's the instant type then they usually seve 2.I think the last pack I had you had to cover with boiling water and it was already flavoured.....garlic and corriander I think

Good_Queen_Bess

Just follow the instructions on the packet. It only takes a few minutes.

Cous cous, if you buy it plain, is boring and you have to add flavour - and it feeds the 5000!

But it sounds like you have a sort-of "ready" version, which should have more flavour. You can make stock instead of water for added flavour.

chocaholicsanon

have you no recipe, dotty.
i leave mine to stand for ten minutes, then stir in your cooked egg or chives.usually aboiut 250 mils of boiling water

Guest1

cous cous?? its like sweepings up off a budgie cage. :smt078

Tango Bunny

medot

right...i've got the packet and it says do 250gm's for 4 people....so i'll do 100gm's.

chocs...when i cook i just make it up as i go.

i'm going to put some peppers in it with red onion..i'll put a stock cube in...and at the end i'll stir in some chilli sauce.

yes i've got a feeling we'll either love it...or the packet will be in the bin by tomorrow.

i just wanted to try something different.

medot

PMSL there guest

chocaholicsanon

cook the peppers separately and add when you stir the cous cous after the standing time, dont be tempted to touch it, make sure you keep the lid on for the alloted time.
enjoy, i loive cous cous, also i love cheese and mushroom risotto, with thick bread..yummmm

hbrac

Just add boiling water to cover by about 0.5" and cover with a T towel for about 5 mins. Add to sauce, either curried, chilli or whatever you fancy. Lovely!

Guest1

hbrac

Forget to mention.....it does your feathers the power of good

Pam7

Have you tried quinoa?? (pronounced keen-wah

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this tastes like bottom of a bird cage too!!!

I'm fascinated by the look of it when its cooked

Actually...I didn't mind a LITTLE bit of it cold with cooked chopped onion in a salad....ONCE!

Skyegal

Wll Dotty - come on give us your verdict on the sawdust then ?!

crew4

I buy packs of garlic and mushroom cous cous from Sainsburys.

I serve it with chicken and rocket and spinach salad - lovely!

hbrac

Quinoa...I bought some last week. Cooked it. Took one mouthful and threw the whole bag away. It wasn't cheap either :evil:

Pam7

I know Hils - I bought that and some Active Manuka Honey from the health shop....didn't get much change from £10! What did you think of the 'shape' it turned into? Like loads of little comma's!!!

It IS supposed to be VERY good for you though

- mines going in the bin too!

madsue

I actually like quinoa

Well, there's not much to dislike I suppose, cos it doesn't taste of much, but I like the texture of it, and the shape pleases me

It also makes me feel virtuous eating it, though I must admit I do like it smothered in olive oil, which I suppose defeats the object rather!!!!!

Couscous, nope, just don't like it, even when I add stuff to it.

What about fried polenta? That's another "interesting" dish!!!!

Pam7

hbrac

Reminded me of frog spawn we used to get served up at school in the old days

londongirl

I buy the Ainsley Harriott cous cous, the roasted vegetable style and the spice sensation are lovely, usualy use it to stuff sweet peppers

Good_Queen_Bess

So how was it then Medot?

gypsy93

reading this made me hungry, so just made some green thai cous cous, yum. we watched a chef on tv ( the female one, can't remember her name) cook polenta and she made it look soooo lovely, she was mmmm and rrrrring every mouthful---so went right out and bought some, did the recipe with cheese and it was ----HORRID--all in the bin. she must of been on a backhander from the polenta company.

medot

well i had it.

i poured boiling water over it....added a chicken stock cube...and let it rest for 5 mins....then added cooked chopped peppers, red onins and chopped baby corn.

stirred in some hot chilli sauce.

yep it made a change and hubby liked it too.

i couldn't eat loads of it...but i'll do it again...and will also do some cold when i have one of my buffet parties

hbrac

I serve it with chicken casserole instead of potato. I mix it all together so it's not the main ingredient. Just a texture.

Good_Queen_Bess

I like my cous cous mixed with chopped up roasted veggies and cubes of feta cheese, then stuffed into a whole roasted pepper.