🇩🇿 Algeria
Couscous
Algeria, couscous's heartland, keeps it white and pure — broth on the side, butter through the grain.
🔪 Prep: 25 min🔥 Cook: 80 min📈 Difficulty: Medium
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
The white couscous (mesfouf tradition): buttery grain served apart from a clear chickpea-vegetable broth.
Ingredients
- 500 gfine couscous
- 500 gchicken or lamb
- 200 gchickpeas
- 2 zucchini and carrots
- 80 gbutter (smen if you have it)
- 1 tspras el hanout, light hand
Method
- 1
Make a clear, gently spiced broth with meat, chickpeas, and vegetables.
- 2
Steam the couscous twice and work the butter through while hot.
- 3
Serve the snowy grain with broth ladled at the table to each taste.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6