Side Dish

Spicy Couscous is for Side Dish.

Spicy Couscous takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Spicy Couscous takes 5 minutes to cook.

Spicy Couscous makes 2 servings.

The ingredients for Spicy Couscous are:

2 tsp oil
1 garlic clove
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
0.5 tsp paprika
90ml chicken or vegetable stock
pinch of saffron
3 salad onions thinly sliced
60g couscous
grated zest and juice of 0.5 lime
0.5 small red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
1 tbsp pine nuts

Here is how you make Spicy Couscous:

Heat 1 tsp of the oil in a pan, add garlic, cumin, coriander and paprika, fry gently for about 1 min.Add stock and saffron, bring to boil, add salad onion, then tip in the couscous, give it a quick stir.Cover pan with tight fitting lid, remove from heat and leave for 5 mins to allow grains to swell and absorb all the liquid.If serving it warm, add the rest of oil and rest of ingredients, lightly fluffing up the grains with a fork.OR, if seving it cold, leave it to cool and chill in fridge before adding rest of oil and ingredients.Number of Servings: 2Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CHEEKYCHOOK.

The nutritional information for Spicy Couscous is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 2
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 224.6

• Total Fat: 10.1 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 10.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 29.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
• Protein: 6.7 g