Recipe | Vege
Couscous (Marie Haviv)

I spent a day watching Marie make couscous the traditional way. None of this quick cooking stuff, Marie made the couscous from scratch. As a side effect of making the couscous you also end up with a soup.

Celery (inc leaves & root)

Onion

Turkey wings (or other meat)

2 teaspoons chicken soup (heaped)

Water (lots)

  • Make soup in big (pasta) pot

1 kg semolina

1 tablespoon (heaped) salt

  • Mix

1 cup water

  • Add gradually * and mix by hand **

1/4 cup oil

  • Add gradually * and mix by hand **

  • Push thru couscous sieve (big mesh)

1/4 cup oil

  • Add gradually * and mix by hand **

  • Put couscous in steam tray of soup pot for 1 hour

  • Remove from heat

4 cups water

  • Mix into couscous

Cabbage, chopped big

Pumpkin, chopped big

Courgettes, chopped big

Carrots, chopped big

Potatoes, chopped big

  • Add to soup

  • Continue to steam/cook for another hour

  • (May have to add more water to soup)

  • Serve couscous, vegetables, and soup water separately

  • Soup water is poured over couscous for flavour

* she pours the water (or oil over her hand thus splashing it around

** like rolling with her hand