Algerian Couscous

[Pure_Algerian]

1 Can cooked chickpeas, drain
34 To 1 lb. pkg couscous
2 lg Onions chopped
1 Carrot sliced
1 Gr bell pepper, sliced
1 Eggplant,sliced, salted &
Rinsed
1 lb Lamb, cut in 2 inch cubes
1 Chicken cut up in 8 parts
3 tb Oil
1 Pimento
4 Tomatoes, seeded, chopped
2 ts Paprika
Salt
7 oz Fresh string beans or peas
9 oz Can artichoke bottoms
Drained
Cayenne pepper
4 oz Butter

Place couscous in shallow pan with 4 cups water. Swirl and pour off water imediately in a sieve.Rub couscous well between hands and drop back into pan, making sure couscous is lump free.Let this dry while preparing remainders.Fry onions garlic, pepper, carrot and eggplant with chicken and lamb in oil.Then add
chickpeas (if using dried ones) and enough water to cover.Add pimento and salt and pepper to taste, bring to a boil and fasten collander over kettle to fit
snugly. Spoon couscous into collander and let steam for 45 minutes.. then dump couscous back into pan to let dry again.Add tomatoes, beans or peas and cook another 1/2 hour.Now attach collander and let couscous steam another 15 minutes. Add artichoke, canned chickpeas to the stew. Cook a few minutes longer.Add some butter to the couscous and place couscous shaped into a cone on a serving platter. surround by meat and vegetables. Note: this is only one version of many different types of couscous preparation.It is thought that the name of this grain comes from the soft rumbling noise that the couscous makes in a steamer.There is a special couscous pot but a collander can suffice.

ou Saha Fatoorkoum

[amina_imen]

Pure_Algerian, yummmyyyyyy

I didn't know you cook Can you make all these (couscous, l'ham hlou, chorba...)

Saha ftourek

[Pure_Algerian]

Sallam Amina

I can't say am good at cooking, but least I can cook Rise with chicken, la hlou, bourak I even tried Chorba put I think it cam out similar to kastard if I have time I will give it another go , ou enti kesh mata3arfi etabi oula walou ?

[Khokom]

You know what I think Pure-Algerian. Cooking is an ART. You bring two women, you give them exactly the same cooking materials, ingredients, the same time to cook it in..etc

One dish comes out more delicious and tasty than the other.

When I lived in London by myself, I used to experiment. I must say it didnt turn out too good. Me and the kitchen didnt get on well at all. Smoke everywhere, bits of food falling off everywhere...etc

Now I understand I should have listened when mom was giving me some tips lol.

Mom's cooking remains by far the best of course.

Did you say your shorba came out like custard? Did you put sugar instead of salt? LOL

Aya ethalla,

Khokom.

[amina_imen]

Originally posted by Pure_Algerian
I can't say am good at cooking, but least I can cook Rise with chicken, la hlou, bourak I even tried Chorba put I think it cam out similar to kastard if I have time I will give it another go

Pure_Algerian, You know how to cook a few dishes already, that’s a good start

I always get the impression Algerian guys can’t cook anything ...
At the most, they can make an omelette and some chips lololol.

(Am I wrong? )

My brother can hardly make an omelette lol...I asked him once to remove the chips from the heat as I was busy..so he turned off the heat and left the chips in the frying oil!!!

He said he thought that was the way of doing it!

When I go home, I can’t stop getting lists of foods everyone wants to have,
Algerian men are so spoilt when it comes to food lol

LOL @ custard chorba...Are you sure you put the right ingredients?

Originally posted by Pure_Algerian
ou enti kesh mata3arfi etabi oula walou ?

Aywaaaa koul sba3 bsan3a Pure_Algerian LOL.

Well well well... I love cooking, it’s one of my passions since I was a little kid,
but I never used to cook food just sweets, cakes, desserts etc and I used to be impressed that they turn out to be as good as my mum’s ...
My mum would do all the proper cooking though lol.

When I had to cook for myself I didn’t put effort into it and was just making easy simple things at first but then got obsessed with cooking nice dishes including our wonderful traditional Algerian ones and now I can’t stop!!!!!!!!!!

But I realised that cooking is about putting feelings into it, I used to make exactly the same things before but man fouq el qalb and they used to turn out..well less than I’d expect
Cooking is about loving it.

I couldn’t agree more Khokom that cooking is ART...definitely so!!!

So Pure_Algerian try to make chorba with lots of feelings and let me know

Originally posted by Khokom
You know what I think Pure-Algerian. Cooking is an ART. You bring two women, you give them exactly the same cooking materials, ingredients, the same time to cook it in..etc

One dish comes out more delicious and tasty than the other.

Khokom, sounds like you've been to some cooking contests .

Originally posted by Khokom
When I lived in London by myself, I used to experiment. I must say it didnt turn out too good. Me and the kitchen didnt get on well at all. Smoke everywhere, bits of food falling off everywhere...etc

Now I understand I should have listened when mom was giving me some tips lol.

Sounds like a marriage relationship lol Are you sure it was a kitchen????

Well at least your kitchen isn't suffering now..I hope!! Or it'll be going "Oh noooooo that khokom is cooking again
doesn't he know that this is not a boxing ring!!"




Saha ftourkoum

[driftingsands]

Originally posted by Khokom
You bring two women, you give them exactly the same cooking materials, ingredients, the same time to cook it in..etc

what a schuvinestic pig ...thinking of women as tools to prepare foood and bring babies...shame on you!!!!

[driftingsands]

Originally posted by Khokom


When I lived in London by myself, I used to experiment. I must say it didnt turn out too good. Me and the kitchen didnt get on well at all. Smoke everywhere, bits of food falling off everywhere...etc

You are a sad experiment on its right. Most likely you were preparing chemical bombs LOL