How to make couscous recipe in a very easy and perfect way

 

How to make couscous recipe in a very easy and perfect way. If we make this recipe without bake, let's see how it is made.

hi welcome to show me the curry calm I'm

hit oh I'm Anita and today we're going

to show you how to make couscous salad

it's a great summer salad really

good but you know honestly

you can have it any time here it's a

great lunch and I think yes light lunch

and very simple to make so here we have

one cup of couscous and couscous is like

a pasta's like little small granules

and you can get it in packages or if you

go to one of those health food stores

they have it in the big bins too you can

pick up as much as you like and to this

we're going to add half a teaspoon of

salt and one and a half cups of boiling

water so we just heated the water in

the microwave and you can use a stovetop

if you like and mix it well just enough

for the salt to dissolve and you're

going to cover it with a tight lid and

just leave it aside for about 10 minutes

and meanwhile, you get the vegetables

chopping so it's been 15 minutes let's

have a look Wow yeah it has increased

quite a bit in size and quantity look at

and what you're going to do is just take

a fork and just fluff it up I love

working with couscous don't you it's

like one of the easiest things you don't

have to cook it just pour the water and

let it go yeah so easy and it's good for

you I give just for a change I

give it to my kids with a rajma or dal

they just you know get a kick out of it

just make sure it's all fluffed up and

it's not sticking so what we're going to

do is we're going to transfer it into

another bigger bowl and first of all

it'll help it cool down faster and also

we're going to have our vegetables all

prepped up so you want it to be

cool before you add the

vegetables otherwise the vegetables will

you don't want them you want them to

retain their crunch sir couscous has a

cool down and we created a little bit we

just kept it in the refrigerator for a

little bit show it would cool faster but

you know that's a great time-saving tip

but it is ready to work with now it's

still nice and fluffy and meanwhile what

we did was we work started working on

the veggies and got them all prepped up

look how beautiful that looks

again a lot of this is to taste and you

can tailor-make it or customize it to

your you know desire you've got some

spring onions or green onions over here

we've chopped we've got some orange bell

pepper now you can have the red yellow

pink green purple whatever you find and

then you've got some cucumber if of

course these the regular ones we've

so we peel them and then chop them if

you're using English cucumber of course

you don't need to do that and then you

have cilantro mmm chopped fine we've got

some grape tomatoes you can use grape

tomatoes or any of the tomatoes just

make sure their little form as opposed

to be very soft and of course green

chilies to taste so we're making this

couscous salad as a good healthy

lunch option for us but it's such a

a wonderful thing to serve at parties and

you know potlucks and things like that

make sick mix so if you want

to do it for that then you can take some

olive oil just a couple of teaspoons and

drizzle it over the couscous at this

the point we're choosing not to do it of

course but it adds a nice flavor

and it kind of keeps all the grain

separated and nice if you're serving it

at a later time okay so and go all that

all the things a few sprigs of green

onions half a bell pepper this is all

approximation and we love the crunch of

cucumbers but you can put half or

another one even zucchini is a good

substitution and cilantro and

tomatoes yummy here's our green choice

and we have some garbanzo beans this is

a really good addition to the salad

because it kind of makes it a little

heavier than it is and if you're using

it for lunch it takes you through so

we've used one can we've drained it and

rinsed it out but if you want to soak it

and you know to go that method then that's

okay tights Oh excellent

looks so good and do this we can you get

some dried cranberries or you can put

raisins and it gives a very good you

know the little sour effect and a little

sweet so you can put as much again as

little as you like but I love

cranberries and they look so pretty here

it does we also have some chopped

walnuts again you can use you know

whatever not that you like but we love

walnuts in this so just roughly chopped

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King the healthiest and to this you're

going to put some lime or lemon juice

put a little at a time and then mix it

and then give it a taste test we also

have some black pepper and some salt and

we already salted the couscous so this

is mainly for the veggies and mix and

you want to be a little gentle royal

mixing you don't want to mash up the

veggies how beautiful does this look

it's a perfect color combination and

just so many different flavors and

textures in there and of course

everything is cooked so you can try it

at any point in time and adjust your

salt or lime juice so this is ready

we're going to chill it and it's ready

to serve so let's give it a try looks amazing

that was the best so we hope you enjoy

this delicious and healthy couscous

salad and join us again on another

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