Sweet Couscous with Almond Milk

Not unlike rice pudding, this couscous dessert is found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Scent it with a few drops of rose water (available at Middle Eastern stores) or orange-flower water in place of the cinnamon if you like.

Until recently, the topping for seffa was a thick sugar syrup, like that used on basbousa. But more and more you see it without syrup or with a substitute like almond milk, which is very good.