Couscous Kichadi

Couscous are small, round, pasta-like granules made from semolina and wheat flour. It is a staple food throughout North Africa. Couscous works well when it is prepared like rice pilaf. I used the same underlying method of preparing kichadi with semolina but used couscous instead.  Enjoy! 

Ingredients

Couscous - 1 1/2 cup

Onion - 1/2 

Green chillies - 3-4

Garlic paste - 1 tsp

Ginger paste - 1 tsp

Chicken Broth - 2 cups.

Mixed Vegetables - 1 cup

Salt

Turmeric powder - a pinch

Curry leaves

Cilantro leaves

Method

Heat 2-3 tbsps of oil in a pan.  Add mustard seeds, Urad dhal and some Channa dhal and when mustard seeds splutter, add the onions, green chillies and curry leaves.  When the onion becomes translucent, add the ginger and garlic paste and saute for 2-3 minutes.  

Add the mixed vegetables, salt and turmeric powder and saute them for few more minutes.  Now, add the chicken broth (2 cups) and 1 cup of water.  Let the vegetables cook in the broth and add the couscous and turn the stove off and cover the lid and set it aside.  After 10 minutes, the couscous would have absorbed the broth + water. 

Fluff couscous with a fork. Garnish with Cilantro leaves.  Enjoy!