Simple Steamed Couscous (or Cracked Wheat) with Chick Peas

Name: Simple Steamed Couscous (or Cracked Wheat) with Chick Peas
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Algerian
Ingredients: 100 g/¼ lb (½ cup) butter (or smen), melted; 100 g/¼ lb (½ cup) butter (or smen), melted; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons olive oil; hot red pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 700 g/1½ lb (scant 5 cups) couscous (or raw cracked wheat); 700 g/1½ lb (scant 5 cups) couscous (or raw cracked wheat); 1 sprig thyme; 100 g/¼ lb (½ cup) chick peas, soaked overnight and drained; 2 Spanish onions, peeled and quartered; ½ teaspoon powdered cumin

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Taste of Morocco

By Robert Carrier

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

700 g/1½ lb (scant 5 cups) couscous (or raw cracked wheat)

Africa
Algeria
Tunisia
Morocco
Marrakech
Main course
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Bring 1.2 litres/2 pints (5 cups) water to the boil in the bottom of the couscoussie