Couscous Patties:
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India
Known as an Indian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 12 ingredients
- curry leaves -- (2-3 sprigs)
- 1 1" piece ginger
- Water
- 2 tablespoons coconut -- (optional)
- salt -- to taste
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- Pancake
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 10 ounces couscous
- 6 green chilees
- 1/2 cup urad dahl
- 3 dry red chilees
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Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Method
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- You will be able to get mustard seeds, curry leaves and urad dahl in any local Indian store.
- Save about 2 tsp of urad dahl and soak the rest of the urad dahl in water for about an hour. After an hour, grind the urad dahl, green chilees and ginger to the consistency of pancake batter and keep aside.
- In a pan, heat the 2 tsp veg oil and add the mustard seeds, 2 tsp urad dahl (that was saved), the curry leaves and the red chilees (after cutting them into fine pieces). When the mustard seeds start spluttering and the urad dahl starts turning golden brown, add 3 1/2 cups of water and the urad dahl batter, mix well and close the pan. When the water starts boiling, add salt. (The batter already added will tend to form clusters- Don't worry - Can be fixed later) Add the couscous and mix thoroughly (use a potato masher and get rid of any clusters by mashing them well). After the mixture has solidified, (This should not take more than 5-10 minutes) take the pan out of the heat and let cool.
- After the mixture has cooled, take a small portion of the mixture and make into a patty and set aside. (You can use some water and/or oil to make the patties if the batter is too sticky) The amounts mentioned in this recipe should yield about 30 patties. Serve with sphaghetti sauce or any spicy chutney.
- WARNING: If you don't like spicy food, reduce the number of green and red chilees.
Plating
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