User:Orange couscous

This is a recipe for couscous with tomato and onion. It is also referred to by some as 'Jewish couscous', despite not being made using ptitim.


 * Ingredients:


 * 1.5 cup couscous
 * 2 cups water
 * 1 medium-sized brown onion
 * 12 cherry tomatoes
 * 2 tbsp oil
 * 4 tsp. fennel seeds
 * 3 tsp. tumeric
 * 2.5 tsp. cinnamon
 * 1 tsp. cardamon
 * 10 sprigs oregano
 * 5 bay leaves


 * Preparation


 * 1) Put the couscous in a microwave-safe bowl. Pour the spices on top. Add the water and mix. Put uncovered in a microwave for five minutes on HIGH.
 * 2) Cut the onion into 5mm slices, then cut half these slices at a time into 5mm strips and these into 5mm cubes. Take the leaves off six sprigs of oregano.
 * 3) Put the fennel seeds in a frying pan or wok with 1/2 tbsp. oil. Fry these for about a minute over a high heat. Remove the frying pan from the heat, and add the rest of the oil, either liquid or as a spray, to prevent the onion sticking to the pan. Add the onion and the oregano leaves, and cook until the onion starts to go clear.
 * 4) Put the onion aside. Cut the cherry tomatoes into 3mm slices and discard the endpieces. Pull the leaves off the rest off the oregano, and fry the tomato and oregano until the tomato flesh starts to lose its shape.
 * 5) Fluff the couscous with a fork. Add the onion and tomatoes and mix. Add the bay leaves and wait for a few minutes. Serve warm.

This serves about two.