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UK
/kˈuːskuːs/
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NOUN
- a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina
- a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew
How To Use couscous In A Sentence
- Particularly good dusted over fish and shellfish, or with couscous salad. Times, Sunday Times
- Grill skewers of lemon-and-thyme-marinated lamb, and then serve them atop a garlicky Sardinian couscous full of cauliflower, currants, and pine nuts.
- It is good with couscous, drizzled over char-grilled vegetables, thinned out with extra virgin olive oil for a spicy, rose-scented marinade or dressing, or stirred into mayonnaise and dolloped on to grilled fish or chicken.
- West of Egypt, couscous is the farinaceous starch. “Want to do some Nasnas?”
- The Méditerranéen couscous plate was equivalent to its vegetarian cousin, with the addition of a chicken brochette, lamb brochette and a merguez sausage.
- To make the tabbouleh, prepare the burghul or couscous by soaking it in the lemon juice.
- My grandmother always made “pastina soup” with it and because I can’t find Israeli couscous, I just use this instead. Pearl couscous with olives and roasted tomatoes | smitten kitchen
- A white couscous, with mutton and chicken and turnips and carrots. Times, Sunday Times
- I would suggest replacing the breadcrumbs with rice or couscous, which are less stodgy, and again varies the grain away from bread.
- Stir the chicken, parsley, carrot, artichoke hearts, pepper and onion into the couscous.
