Hajar's Comfort Dessert Couscous

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 5 cups couscous, uncooked
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3/4 cup olive oil or 3/4 cup milk, i prefer milk though many use the oil both the olive oil and milk
• cinnamon
• icing sugar
• prune, snipped
• dates, snipped
• raisins
• almonds, as required, any semi dried soaked fruits. nuts. i use the

Recipe

• 1 cover raw couscous with cold water & drain immediately. stir with a fork & let rest for 15 minutes.
• 2 sprinkle with the vegetable oil mix with 6 tb water along with the salt & cinnamon. mix well using your hands until the liquid has been uniformly absorbed.
• 3 place couscous in the top of a coucousier & [place over boiling water.
• 4 steam for 30 minutes & remove from the heat. return couscous to a bowl & mix in half the olive oil or milk using your hands. allow to cool & then sprinkle with 3/4 c water. mix well & set aside until it has absorbed all the water.
• 5 return to the couscousier & steam for another 15 minutes. return to the bowl, add half the remaining oil or milk & mix with your fingers. steam again for another 30 minutes. return to the bowl for one last time & mix in the rest of the oil or milk or 1/2 milk and 1/2 oil.
• 6 arrange coucous in a cone shape on a large serving platter. decorate attractively with the garnishes & serve while still hot. great cold for breakfast as well!
• 7 this is a make the couscous and the rest is garnish recipe. in my area, oujda we prefer pistachios and will then add almonds to the pistachios if we have them.