I-couscous (ebizwa ngokuthi "i-KOOS-koos") yisidlo esenziwe ngamagranules amancane okukolweni kakade. Amabele okusanhlamvu abese elungiswa ngokuwahambisa kuze kube yilapho bekhona ukukhanya okulula, okungafani.
I-couscous isondelene kakhulu ne-pasta, njengoba i-durum yengqolowa, i-semolina ufulawa yilohlobo olulodwa lwekolweni elivame ukusetshenziswa kakhulu ekwenzeni i-pasta.
Eqinisweni, ubuhlobo bomdaka luyisimo se pasta, ngenye umahluko omkhulu: ngenkathi i-pasta yenziwe ngokusanhlamvu koroyi (okungukuthi ukolweni okwenziwe phansi), kuxubene namanzi futhi wakhiwa zibe yizimo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-couscous iqukethe ukolweni we-durum ochotshozwa ube yi-granules.
Umswakama ovela eNyakatho Afrika, lapho ujwayele ukulungiswa njengengxenye yenyama noma imifino eyomile . Namuhla, umzala womndeni utholakala emikhiqizweni eminingi, kuhlanganise nokuningi kweMpumalanga Ephakathi kanye nemikhiqizo ehlukahlukene yaseMedithera, kanye namazwe ase-United States nasemazweni asentshonalanga aseYurophu njengeFrance nase-UK
Ukulungiselela uCouscous
Inqubo yendabuko yokulungiselela umzala wakhe ihilela ukugcoba izikhathi eziningana ebhodweni elide elibizwa ngokuthi i-couscousière. Kodwa lezi zixhobo ziyabiza, zinamandla futhi zinzima ukuthola.
Ukuze uthole isiqalo, umzala omncane osheshayo kulula ukwenza futhi udinga nje ibhodlela elivamile ngesembozo. Ngempela, umzala omningi otholakala ngokuthengisa uyisimo esisheshayo esiye satshiswa futhi soma. Ukulungiswa kwalolu hlobo lwe-couscous akuyona into engafanele-i-couscous eyomile yengezwa embizeni yamanzi abilayo noma isitokisi, ibhodlela liyakhuphuka futhi amanzi agxila kumzala wakhe cishe ngemizuzu emihlanu.
Into ebalulekile okumele uyiqaphele yukuthi ngenkathi iningi lamakhwenyana enamabhoksi atholakalayo eNyakatho Melika kungukuhlukahluka okusheshayo, ungase ugijime kumzala wesintu omdala, okuthatha isikhathi eside ukupheka futhi kuhilela ukupheka umzala wakho ngendlela efanayo oyongilungisa irayisi.
Le ndlela iqala ukusebenza, kanti imingcele enkulu ukuthi kulula ukuwaqeda umzala, okuholela ekuguquleni i-gummy.
I-couscous yase-Israyeli ishintshana emndenini wendabuko owenziwe ngama-granules amakhulu, alula, aphefumulayo. Umzala womndeni wakwa-Israyeli unokuthungwa kwe-chewier kancane kune-couscous ejwayelekile. Kuthatha isikhathi eside ukupheka. Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi inkulu, cishe ayinamandla okuguqula i-gummy, futhi ungayipheka ngokusebenzisa indlela ye-pilaf, okufaka phakathi i-sautéeing i-couscous emafutheni ukuze ibonce kancane kancane ngaphambi kokufaka amanzi okupheka.
Kunanoma iyiphi inamba yokupheka komzala oyedwa ohluke kakhulu kule nqubo, futhi ingaba mnandi noma enhle kakhulu, kuye ngokuthi izithako zengeziwe. Kungalungiswa ngelamula, ama-alimondi agwetshiwe, i-peas, omisiwe, ama-currants noma ezinye izithelo ezomisiwe, ngisho nama-apula noma ama-apricot.
Uma ukhonza umzala womyeni, ngezinye izikhathi isiko ukuyibunjwa ibe yizimo ngokucindezela zibe izitsha ezincane, bese uguqula isidlo sokukhonza ngaphambi kokuguquka.
I-couscous ibuye isetshenziswe kaningi emasaladi, lapho ephekwa khona bese ihlihliwe futhi igwetshiwe ngaphambi kokuhlanganiswa nezinye izithako. Futhi ukuze uthole ukwelashwa kwangempela, ungase futhi ulungiselele umzala omnandi, noma i-dessert noma ngisho nasekuseni kwasekuseni, usebenzisa ubisi njengengxenye noma yonke imishini yokupheka, njengokungathi uzolungisa i-oatmeal.