Vegetarian Cous Cous~

A few days ago, a dear friend of mine (who has zero cooking skills) but when many other charming attributes, called me.

He wanted to make something easy for dinner for his wife and needed a super easy vegetarian dish.

Scanning my brain quickly, I came up with a vegetarian Cous Cous meal with roasted bread and a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio to go with it.

This is how my friends meal turned out~ His wife was psyched!

Feeds 4

Ingredients:

1 pound Cous Cous

1 teaspoon yellow curry powder (you can make your own or buy the powder from your grocery store)

Vegetable broth (you can make your own or buy the powder from your grocery store)

2 oz extra virgin Olive oil

1/2 cup chopped sun dried tomatoes

1/2 bunch sliced scallions

1 sliced sweet Vidalia onion

3 ounces sliced shitake mushrooms

3 ounces sliced white mushrooms

2 long green chiles

2 long red chiles

1 loaf of French bread

Making Couse Cous is simple- if you know what you are doing- The ratio for liquid to Cous Cous is 1 to 1 based on volume. (Secret- decrease the liquid by approx 5%, based on volume.

Method-

Bring vegetable broth to a boil-

Add curry powder, salt and pepper to taste to the broth and simmer for 2 minutes.

Whisk in the Cous Cous and as soon as the liquid comes to a boil- remove the pot from the fire and cover for about 3 minutes.

You want the Cous Cous to be slightly al dente.

After approx. 3 minutes or when the Cous Cous is perfect- remove the Cous Cous from the pot and place in a large bowl.

Take two forks and fluff the Cous Cous and add the olive oil. You can add a few tablespoons of butter as well, if you are not a Vegan.

Place the Cous Cous on a cookie tray and let cool-

*Note- this is a very delicate product, so don’t mush it or mash it up.

* This can be done a few hours before your guests arrive.

When you are ready to eat, in a separate sauté pan- sauté the onions and sliced chiles first. Once they are tender, add the sliced mushrooms and cook until tender as well.

Right at the end of cooking, add the sliced scallions and add your Cous Cous as well! It only needs 3-4 minutes to get hot-

Serve on a nice platter and you can garnish with coriander leaves and sliced scallion.

Serve the dish with some hot French bread and enjoy your healthy dish!