Sunday 11 March 2012

DASH OUT THE DOOR COUSCOUS...


Couscous is one of the healthiest grain foods and its also something i remember my mum making when we were much younger, then all of a sudden it just went away. I rediscovered it a few years ago and it has become my food on the go; little prep time, can be eaten a number of ways and cooks in a few short minutes.

I had guests last night and meant to make and serve this as one of the courses but we got stuffed on Pad Thai and forgot about it completely. I woke up this morning with mere minutes to spare before dashing to work and made this in 10 minutes. This was inspired by Belle - labelle-afrilight.blogspot.com (my plating is nothing as nice n' fancy as hers... :p).

Couscous
Red, yellow, green pepper
Spring onions
Shrimps
Chicken
Calamari
Garlic, salt, pepper, curry, chicken seasoning.

Put a cup of couscous in a bowl and pour enough hot water over it just to cover it and cover the bowl with cling film. After 5 minutes take the cling film off and fluff up the couscous with a fork, the couscous would have absorbed all of the water.


Get to slicing up your chicken and vegetables.

Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the pan and fry some grated garlic and onions, as soon as the onions become translucent add the chicken, salt, pepper, chicken seasoning and curry. Stir fry until cooked.

Throw in the shrimps and calamari and fry for another minute then add the vegetables.


We still want the vegetables to have some bite so leave them on the heat for no more than a minute then add the couscous, mix properly and plate. That's all, really!
:)



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