Lemon Couscous – Indian Style/Lemon Couscous Recipe/How to make Lemon Couscous Recipe with step by step photos

Couscous is a traditional Berber [kind of food eaten in North Africa] dish of semolina which is cooked by steaming. It is traditionally served with meat or vegetables. Couscous is a staple food throughout the North African cuisines of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania and Libya. The process of manufacturing couscous is labour-intensive. The semolina is sprinkled with water and rolled with the water and rolled with hands to form small pellets, sprinkled with dry flour to keep them separate and then sieved. Any pellets which are too small to be finished granules of couscous and fall through the sieve are again rolled and sprinkled with dry semolina and rolled into pellets. [Info source: Wikipedia]. These pellets are packed and sold in the shop as couscous. Here I have prepared the same couscous with Indian spices and lemon juice. This lemon couscous can be had for lunch with any vegetable stir fry or for dinner with just pickles. Meanwhile do check out other interesting and healthy Breakfast Recipes here.

Here’s how to make Lemon Couscous with step by step photos…

Ingredients

Couscous	1 cup
Green chillies	2 or 3 slit lengthwise
Ginger	1 “ piece finely chopped
Mustard seeds/Kadugu	½ tsp
Cumin seeds/Jeeragam	½ tsp
Urad dal/Ullundhu	1 tsp
Chana dal/Kadalai Paruppu	1 tsp
Salt	As needed
Lemon juice	2 tbsp or from half lemon
Turmeric powder	½ tsp
Oil	2 tsp
Curry leaves	6-8

Preparation Time: 10 minutes                              Recipe Category: Breakfast
Cooking Time: 20 minutes                                     Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author: Priya Anandakumar

Method

Cook the couscous according to instructions given in the pack. I have also given the instructions below. This is how couscous looks.

Heat 1 ½ cups of water with salt in a sauce pan. Add the couscous when it comes to rolling boil. Stir, cover and cook for 5 minutes, until all the water has been absorbed.

Switch off the stove and let it stand for 5 minutes.

Fluff the couscous with fork to separate the grains and keep it aside for later.

Heat oil in a kadai, splutter mustard seeds, now add cumin seeds, urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves and fry until the dal turn to light brown color. Now add the green chillies, ginger and saute well.

Add salt, lemon juice, turmeric powder, mix well and switch off the stove.

Now add the cooked couscous and stir well so that all the masala is mixed thoroughly.

Tadaa !!! Delicious Lemon Couscous – Indian Style is ready to be enjoyed.

Serve it hot with bowl of sambar or just with some spicy pickle.

Suggestions:

• Adjust the amount of lemon juice according to your taste.
• You can add some cashew nuts or peanuts along with the dals when tempering the mustards.

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