Here is a five minute side dish that I frequently make when I want to make a quick supper. Quite literally I boil the water in the kettle, pour it into the bowl with the couscous and cover for 5 minutes. Let's just say if you like rice you will like this side dish too. The addition of the sweet sultana raisins really add a nice chewy sweet bite to the plain couscous.
Serves 2
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup couscous
- 1/2 cup sultana raisins
- 1/2 cup boiled water
- 1/4 cup onions, chopped
- coarse salt
- freshly cracked black pepper
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- juice of half a lemon (or more if you like)
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- handful of chopped flat leaf parsley
In a heat proof bowl, add in the couscous, raisins, onions, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Lightly mix it altogether. Add in the 1/2 cup of boiled water and quickly cover the bowl for 5 minutes with either a lid or with saran wrap. Uncover the bowl after 5 minutes and you should see the couscous and the raisins all plumped up. Fluff the couscous with a fork and drizzle in the olive oil and squeeze in the lemon juice. Chop a handful of parsley and mix it through. You can serve this warm or at room temperature.
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