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WHAT IS COUSCOUS?

Couscous Hard Wheat Medium Grain 1kg carton is regarded as the ultimate comfort food in North Africa and parts of the Middle East.

Like rice to Persian cuisine or pasta to Italians, couscous is considered a sacred food to enjoy every day.

Deriving from the Berber word seksu, which means well-rolled or rounded.

Couscous is actually a mixture of semolina (cracked middlings of durum wheat), water, salt and oil or samna

The couscous grains are then prepared by steaming them until they have a light, fluffy consistency.

MEDILIFE Couscous Country of Origin: Tunisia

Couscous Hard Wheat Medium Grain 1kg carton

Experts say that it went back two or three thousand years to our Tunisian ancestors, the Berbers.

In every Tunisian house, women traditionally produced Pasta by hand, sometimes with the aid of simple equipments such as traditional wire sieve-strainers( Ghorbel in Tunisian dialect ) and Traditional Tunisian steamers (Keskes in Tunisian Culture).

Nowadays, people everywhere consider Couscous as ambassador of North African cuisine and the epitome of the delicacy of Mediterranean culinary art.

How Do You Eat Couscous?

In America, couscous is typically regarded as a side dish – a starch sitting on the side of the plate. But in North Africa and the Middle East, it much more versatile and central to the meal.

In North African countries, couscous is often accompanied by a meat or vegetable stew.

Above all, Tunisians  treasure  couscous dish served with a vegetable stew, typically a mix of root veggies and squashes

Tunisians Chefs like to  spice up their couscous with Harissa, and serve it with a brothy fish bouillabaisse.

Also they add tomatoes and herbs to their couscous stews.

On the other hand ,Tunisian  serve very fine and fluffy couscous doused with milk and flavored with cinnamon in addition to  orange blossom water, sugar, and nuts.

In conclusion , Couscous Hard Wheat Medium Grain 1kg carton is meant to be served and savored along with laughter and conversation.

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