Smoof Blog: Awesome Couscous

Couscous

• 1 cup couscous
• 1 cup broth
• salt
• 1 t grains of paradise, ground
• 1/2 t cassia buds, ground

Zereshk

• 1 cup currants
• 1 t saffron
• 1 T lemon juice
• 1 T sugar
• a touch of turmeric
• olive oil

Steep the saffron in a little boiling water. Saute the Zereshk ingredients for a few minutes. (stolen from here) Bring the broth to a boil, combine all couscous ingredients and cover for 5 minutes or so. Fluff up the couscous with a fork and top with the Zereshk (probably not all of it) . Perhaps it's better to add the spice to the couscous after it is fluffed. I'm not sure yet which approach is optimal. Some butter in the couscous is also nice.