curses, foiled again
Feb. 13th, 2008 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mamajoanLast night I wanted to use up the leftover couscous from my couscous-and-grated-zucchini dish from the other day. I thought I'd just do the same thing again but with a larger grate. In the end though, I made enough modifications to the recipe that I'm going to call this a new one, #13. (Six and a half weeks into the year I've already made 13 new recipes. Go me!)
I call it #13 "Colorful Curried Couscous." And here's the recipe for my and your reference. :)
1/3 cup couscous and 2/3 cup water
1 medium-large zucchini
1 small-medium carrot
2 medium cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon curry powder
pinch of cayenne pepper (or more or less as desired)
olive oil
salt
Grate the zucchini on the large holes of the grater, pat dry thoroughly with paper towels. Grate the carrot on the large holes as well.
In a small pot, bring the water to a boil. Stir in the couscous, cover and remove from the heat, set aside.
In a frying pan/skillet, heat some oil and cook the garlic a couple of minutes. Stir in the curry powder and cook another minute or two. Stir in the carrots and cook for several minutes until softened. Stir in the zucchini and a little bit of cayenne pepper (to taste) and a pinch of salt. Continue cooking a few more minutes. The zucchini releases more moisture and will start to look "saucy" in the pan. Continue cooking until the zucchini is soft and the sauce has reduced somewhat. Turn off the heat and stir in the warm couscous. serve at once.
I tried to go really easy on the cayenne, especially since it was a brand-new bottle so I knew it would be potent. It still came out pretty spicy though. Isaac tasted it and said it was too spicy and needed to drink a lot of milk. ;) Ruthie ate several bites and didn't seem to mind the heat (and the way she's been eating lately, several bites is practically a four-course meal).
The subject line on this post refers to the fact that after cooking the above, I got all excited and ran right off to vegweb.com to submit this recipe, only to get a server error when I clicked on the "submit" button. :( I'm still getting the same error today on a whole other computer, so it can't be just me. Snif, anyway I've emailed them and hopefully they'll straighten it out. It was going to be my first submission! woe!
um, and speaking of woe, last night was another all-night nursing extravaganza, so that's about all I've got for ya, sigh. brain = fried.
I call it #13 "Colorful Curried Couscous." And here's the recipe for my and your reference. :)
1/3 cup couscous and 2/3 cup water
1 medium-large zucchini
1 small-medium carrot
2 medium cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon curry powder
pinch of cayenne pepper (or more or less as desired)
olive oil
salt
Grate the zucchini on the large holes of the grater, pat dry thoroughly with paper towels. Grate the carrot on the large holes as well.
In a small pot, bring the water to a boil. Stir in the couscous, cover and remove from the heat, set aside.
In a frying pan/skillet, heat some oil and cook the garlic a couple of minutes. Stir in the curry powder and cook another minute or two. Stir in the carrots and cook for several minutes until softened. Stir in the zucchini and a little bit of cayenne pepper (to taste) and a pinch of salt. Continue cooking a few more minutes. The zucchini releases more moisture and will start to look "saucy" in the pan. Continue cooking until the zucchini is soft and the sauce has reduced somewhat. Turn off the heat and stir in the warm couscous. serve at once.
I tried to go really easy on the cayenne, especially since it was a brand-new bottle so I knew it would be potent. It still came out pretty spicy though. Isaac tasted it and said it was too spicy and needed to drink a lot of milk. ;) Ruthie ate several bites and didn't seem to mind the heat (and the way she's been eating lately, several bites is practically a four-course meal).
The subject line on this post refers to the fact that after cooking the above, I got all excited and ran right off to vegweb.com to submit this recipe, only to get a server error when I clicked on the "submit" button. :( I'm still getting the same error today on a whole other computer, so it can't be just me. Snif, anyway I've emailed them and hopefully they'll straighten it out. It was going to be my first submission! woe!
um, and speaking of woe, last night was another all-night nursing extravaganza, so that's about all I've got for ya, sigh. brain = fried.
