Curried Couscous

weekend cooker's Note:

an easy quick side dish, with little preparation time.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4-6

Yield: 4.0 dishes

• 1 ½ cups chicken broth
• ½ cup golden raisin
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup uncooked couscous
• 1⁄3; cup oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ½ cup slivered almond , toasted
• 2 fresh green onions , sliced

Directions:

1. Ina large saucepan, combine chicken broth, raisins, curry powder, and salt and bring to a boil.
2. Remove from heat, and stir in couscous. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes.
3. Fluff with fork and cook uncovered.
4. Combine oil, lemon juice, sugar, and almonds and toss with couscous.
5. Sprinkle green onion over top and serve.

Reviews

[averybird]

What a wonderful dish. I made this as written with the golden raisins, lemon juice, and olive oil. I toasted the slivered almonds in the oven too until light brown. Only change was to use vegetable broth in place of chicken broth. Served with Spicy Carrot and Zucchini Bhaji, yogurt raita, and peach chutney. It was the perfect side dish for this meal. Thanks, weekend cooker!

[loof]

Loved this great couscous! I used regular raisins instead of golden and chives instead of green onion as that's what I had on hand. The curry was great with the raisins and almonds and provided a great flavor. I did use only about half of the olive oil with the lemon juice. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

[Deantini]

I followed the ealier reviews and omitted the oil, sugar and lemon and the couscous turned out quite bland. So no fault of the recipe which is why I am not adding any stars. I like couscous without adding oils so perhaps this recipe does need the lemon (like other reviewers have also suggested) or perhaps it is just a recipe for the people that like all the add-ins.