Couscous Sffa

Name: Couscous Sffa (Sweet Dessert Couscous)
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: prunes, dates, raisins and/or sautéed almonds (optional); milk; prunes, dates, raisins and/or sautéed almonds (optional); prunes, dates, raisins and/or sautéed almonds (optional); 2 tablespoons groundnut (peanut) oil; 700 g/1½ lb (scant 5 cups) raw couscous; ¼ teaspoon each salt and powdered cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon each salt and powdered cinnamon; powdered cinnamon; 175 g/6 oz (¾ cup) butter; prunes, dates, raisins and/or sautéed almonds (optional); icing (confectioners’) sugar

Sweet Dessert Couscous

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Taste of Morocco

By Robert Carrier

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

700 g/1½ lb (scant 5 cups) raw couscous
2

Africa
Morocco
Dessert
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Place the raw couscous in a large bowl or tray, cover with cold water, then drain immediately. Stir with a fork, and let rest for 15 minutes.
Sprinkle the couscous with the oil mixed with 6 tablespoons water, and the salt and powdered cinnamon. Mix wel