About Couscous: Description, History, Cooking Methods, Books

About Couscous description and history of the couscous pasta - "granular semolina"

Couscousier - the special pot for cooking couscous; what it looks like, how you use it; the best kind to buy.

Preparing Couscous in a couscousier; alternative method without a couscousier; instant couscous.

Steamed Couscous. from Martha Rose Schulman

Cookbooks North African and Couscous

Couscous Recipes

Couscous Bytfaya a light Moroccan couscous with onions, raisins, chickpeas and lamb; see also Leek Salad and Berber Flatbread

Chicken Couscous with carrots, zucchini, turnips, and chickpeas from "Arab Bites"

Whole-Wheat Couscous with Nectarines and Pistachios

Tunisian Chicken Couscous Anne Barone's recipe with onion, garlic, zucchini, carrots, celery, turnip, potato, winter squash, cilantro, thyme and tomato paste; includes detailed directions on preparing couscous grain in couscousier and with ordinary pots

Tunisian Couscous with chicken, fish, or lamb, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, onion, and chick-peas, and spiced with cayenne.

Couscous à la viande Tunisien Recettes Tunisiennes en français.

Aromatic Couscous with cinnamon, cumin and raisins

Sahdia's Tunisian Couscous with lamb, potato, turnip and carrots, and artichoke stems.

Tunisian Couscous with Lamb and butternut squash

Fish Couscous with Harissa from Tunisia's Island of Djerba

Algerian Couscous all about the manufacture of home made couscous in high in the Atlas mountains in Frikat, Algeria. (New York Times article)

Couscous Marrakesh with Lamb and Chicken and green beans, squash

Couscous with Carrot and Thyme delicious fast vegetarian couscous using instant couscous

Couscous Salad with shrimp, asparagus, and tomato
Lee's Vegetarian Couscous - Tunisian Sahdia style

Israeli Couscous Salad with Grilled Summer Vegetables from Bobby Flay

Couscous alla Trapanese Sicilian version popular in Erice with fish (in italiano)

Cherry Tomato Couscous vegetarian
Couscous With Fennel, Chickpeas and Chard from Rose Shulman
Heidi Swanson's Couscous Soup, an example of today's non-traditional couscous
Sardinian Risotto-Style Fregula with Mushrooms, Abbamele, and Goat Cheese (Fregula kin Antunna e Crapinu) fregula, a small, toasted semolina pasta, can be substituted with Israeli couscous

African Lamb Couscous from Mauritania includes turnip, carrots, potatoes, cabbage, tomato, and pumpkin.

Harissa and North African Spice Recipes

Harissa two versions of harissa with red chili peppers, caraway, cumin, coriander seeds, garlic, and olive oil (Tunisian Harissa from Lonely Planet is included)

Blue Room Harissa with dried red and Ancho chilis, red bell peppers, garlic, cumin and black caraway seeds, and olive oil

Harissa with Red Bell Peppers, Red Chile Peppers, tomato, and lemon juice

Harissa (with mild and hot Mexican chilies , sun-dried tomato, garlic, coriander seed, and caraway) especially for fish couscous; includes recipe for Harissa Table Sauce

Paula Wolfert's Harissa with Roasted Red Pepper, Ancho, Guajillo, and Chipotle Peppers, dried New Mexico Green Chiles, Garlic, Coriander, Caraway and Olive Oil; great on fish.

Basic Harissa with New Mexico, Guajillo and Chipotle chiles from Amy Scatterbook, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

Tomato-Pepper Harissa with sun-dried tomatoes and red bell pepper (based on Basic Harissa)

Ras al Hanout Greg Malouf's recipe for Moroccan spice mixture: coriander, cumin, paprika, peppercorns, cinnamon, cardamom, cayenne, and more.

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North African Recipes

North African Cuisine - Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria

Fish Filets With Harissa And Black Olives from Paula Wolfert

Maccouda baked potatoes, onions, and eggs from Paula Wolfert

Hlehem ( Tunisian Vegetable and Bean Soup)

Maasems "Fatima's Little Fingers" - eggs, chicken, cheese wrapped and fried.

Leek Salad marinated in white vinegar and Dijon mustard

Berber Flatbread made of semolina flour, eggs and olive oil and cooked on the stove top

Seven Vegetable Tagine with Chickpeas and Raisins from Morocco

Tajine, Tchicha and Sellou

Oudnin El Kadhi (Tunisienne)

Spices for Shawarma: Ras al Hanout and Harissa

Khobz El Dar (Algerian Semolina Bread)

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July 24, 2012