At New Leaf last night I picked up an 8.8-oz bag of dry Israeli couscous — a product I had read about but not actually tried before.
The kind of dry couscous I’m used to looks kind of like crumbs, sand, or dry polenta, but to my inexperienced eye the Israeli couscous looked like the tiny white polystyrene balls used in bean-bag chairs and some packing material, that static-cling all over everything to the point of it being hard to get all of them off.
Having once again brought home quantities of surplus carrots, potatoes, and green onions from Games Group, this evening I made another batch of Lentil-Vegetable Soup — though as usual it varied to suit the ingredients on hand (for example, I didn’t have any celery this time) — and then added the Israeli Couscous to turn it into a savory pasta dish:
Lentil-Vegetable Israeli Couscous
Ingredients
- 3 large carrots
- 2 medium potatoes
- 2 long anaheim-style sweet green peppers
- 1 bunch of green onions
- 6 cloves of garlic
- 2 tiny hot peppers
- A 15-oz can of diced fire-roasted tomatoes (or other tomatoes)
- 1 cup of dry red lentils
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 1 teaspoon of Penzey’s Ozark Seasoning (or other seasonings of choice)
- 2 teaspoons of Penzey’s Sweet Curry Powder (or other curry powder)
- A (drained, rinsed) 15-oz can of pinto beans (or other beans – this was because I had recently eaten a batch of Madras Lentils that included some red beans in with the lentils)
- An 8.8oz package (or comparable) of dry Israeli Couscous
- 1 tablespoon of chopped cilantro
- Water, of course :-)
Instructions
It was very tasty, and I enjoyed the chewy texture of the Israeli couscous — if you’ve never had it before either, you might like to give it a try!
updated November 5, 2013
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