Kingdom Of Atuliya: Couscous With Seven Veggies,

Monday, August 15, 2011

Couscous With Seven Veggies,

Couscous and hereafter called Khus Khus is a Moroccon Food.

Made out of Bulghur wheat, it is not so much consumed in Asia, but given

that the world is now becoming smaller by the day, everyone is trying all variants of Food.

Khus Khus in South Asia would mean "Happy Happy".

So this compels me to make the Recipe a Real Happy Happy.

Somehow, I always change the original Recipe to my own taste.

So, from the original veggies as in the Moroccan Recipe now gets changed

to my favorite fresh veggies available in the market that day.

I managed to get the following:

Ladies Fingers : 4 No

Sunripe Tomats : 4 No ( Small ones )

Yalapeno Peppers : 3 No ( Small )

Onion : Red Onion Sliced 1 large

Garlic : 2 cloves sliced

Potatoes : 1 No cubed ( Large)

Cauliflower : Small chunked in big pieces.

Zucchini : Half, peeled and cubed.

Baby Egg Plants : Quartered in the center and kept whole.

Carrot : Baby carrots, slightly larger then the Juilined Size.

Now the original recipe also calls for Squash and for me squash makes a dish too sweet, so I would rather avoid it.

Veggie stock, or just use water and allow the vegetables to come out with their own flavor.

Spices

Garam Masala : 1 T

Red Pepper : 1 T

Corainder : 1 T

Salt to Taste.

On the cooking vessel, as usual first get the oil sparkled with cummin seeds and then swing in the garlic , followed by the onions and at brown level, the tomats get added , followed by all the veggies and lastly the dry spices. Let the juices interact with one another and the colours start ripening off. At this stage add water only to the extent of what will cover the veggies and bring it to medium heat.

Meantime, get the Khus Khus washed out , add two spoons of Olive oil and then put it on a steaming dish like a sieve or anything which would allow direct steam onto the Khus Khus.

Keep this vessel on top of the Veggies vessel. So, the veggies sent its steam into the Khus Khus and after 15 mins, Khus Khus is ready and the veggies are ready for the topping.