Cous-cous Salad

Cous-cous is so easy to prepare! I always have a box of cous-cous in my pantry, and whenever I don't know what to serve as a side dish, I make cous-cous.
Fresh vegetables and herbs are perfect  companions in a salad.

Ingredients:
1 cup of cous-cous (1 cup of boiling water for it, salt, pepper)
salad vegetables (tomatoes, cucumber, capsicums...), diced
2 green onions, sliced
1/2 bunch of parsley leaves, chopped
2-3 tbs olive oil
1-2 tbs lemon juice
1 clove garlic, crushed (optional)
Method:
Pour boiling water over cous-cous, cover and let it stand for 5-10 minutes, then fluff it up with fork, seasoning to your taste.
Dice and slice all vegetables and herbs. Mix it with cous-cous and dress with olive oil and lemon juice.
Perfect with grilled meat.

Kuskus salata

Kuskus je tako zahvalan za imati u kuhinji. Kad god ne znam sta da napravim za prilog, ja posegnem za kuskusom. Brzo i lako, odlicno za iskoristiti povce i zacinsko bilje iz frizidera.

Potrebno:

1 solja kuskusa (prelivena sa 1 soljom kljucajuce vode, so, biber)

salatno povrce (paradajz, krastavci, paprike...)sjeckano na kockice
2 mlada luka, sjeckana
1/2 sveznja persunovog lisca, sjeckana
2-3 K maslinovog ulja
1-2 K soka limuna
1 ceno bijelog luka, protisnuto (po zelji)
Nacin: 
Prelijte kljucalu vodu preko kuskusa; pokrijte i ostavite 5-10 minuta. Viljuskom 'grebite' dok ne odvojite zrnca; zacinite po ukusu.
Isjeskajte sve ostale sastojke, pomijesajte sa kuskusom i prelijte maslinovim uljem i sokom limuna.
Najbolje sluziti sa pecenim (grilovanim) mesom.

Mediterranean Cous-Cous Salad for a Special Party

It was my friend's (Sneza) birthday!
Best compliments to her family for organising such a perfect party - I had so much fun! Theme was '1001 night'. Food was great - I took only a few pictures, and so was entertainment...boys did excellent job!
I was asked to make Mediterranean Cous-cous salad...



Ingredients (for a large salad):
2 cous-cous packs (500 g each)
2 medium eggplants, cut into matches
(salt, pepper, flour and oil for frying eggplants and zucchinis)
2 zucchinis, matches
2-3 spring onions, sliced
1-2 red capsicums, from jar, cut into small pieces
1 jar (250-300 g) sun dried tomatoes, drained
2 small jars artichokes, drained
1 jar pitted Kalamata olives (350g+), drained
salt and pepper to taste
olive oil
Favorite herbs (parsley, oregano, mint, thyme, basil...)roughly chopped
Method:
Prepare cous-cous according to instructions on packet. Keep it aside.
Season eggplant and zucchinis with salt and pepper, dust with flour. Fry until golden; take out on absorbent paper.
Mix all other ingredients with cous-cous add fried vegetable. Season to your taste. Dress with herbs and olive oil.



Mediteranska Kus-kus salata

...napravljena za moju prijateljicu Snezu i njen rodjendan. Sve pohvale njenoj kcerki i ostalim clanovima porodice za organizovanje tako perfektne i zanimljive zabave - meni je bilo SUPER! Tema je bila '1001 noc'; hrana (uspjela sam slikati samo dio toga) i zabaljaci fenomenalni - bravo decki!

Potrebno (za veliku ciniju salate):
2 pakovanja kus-kusa (500 gr svako)
2 srednja patlidzana, sjecena kao pomfrit
2 tikvice, isto sjecena
(so, biber, brasno i ulje za przenje gore navedenih)
2-3 mlada luka, sjeckana
1-2 crvene paprike, kisele, sjecene
250-300 gr polususenog paradajza
2 manje tegle articoka
1 (350 gr) tegla Kalamata (Grckih) maslina
so i biber prema ukusu
maslinovo ulje
Zacinsko bilje (persun, bosiljak, majcina dusica, origano, nana...)
Nacin:
Pripremite kus-kus prema instrukijama na kutiji.
Posolite i pobiberite patlidzan i tikvice, protresite u kesi sa brasnom, pa przite u ulju dok ne porumene. Izvadite i stavite na upijajuci papir.
Pomijesajte sve ostale sastojke sa kus-kusom i przenim povrcem. Zacinite prema ukusu, zatim pospite zacinskim biljem i maslinovim uljem.


THANKS GUYS!!!

Kumara and Spinach Cous-Cous with Spicy Chicken Thighs

Quick everyday dinner!

Ingredients:
For spicy chicken-
4 large chicken thighs
1 teas chicken stock powder
1 tbs flour
1 teas paprika
1/2 teas onion powder
1/4 teas garlic powder
1/2 teas mustard powder
1/4 teas white pepper powder
oil for frying
For cous-cous-
1 medium kumara (sweet potato)
1 cup fresh baby spinach leaves
1,5 cups cous-cous
1 teas chicken stock powder
1,5 cups boiling water
Olive oil to drizzle
Method:
Spicy chicken- Put all dry spices in a plastic bag, shake well. Add chicken pieces, one by one, shake bag with spices to coat meat well. Fry in a little oil, medium heat, until chicken golden and cooked through. Set aside (keep warm).
For cous-cous- Peel and cut kumara into cubes. Boil or microwave until tender.
In another dish, place spinach and cous-cous inside, sprinkle with chicken stock powder and pour boiling water over it. Let it stand for 5-6 minutes, or until cous-cous has absorbed all water. Add kumara and mix well. Drizzle with some olive oil and Serve with chicken thighs.


Slatki Krompir i Špinat KusKus sa Aromaticnom Piletinom

Za brzu svakodnevnu veceru!

Potrebno:
Za piletinu-
4 veca karabatka
1 k pilece 'supe' u prahu
1 K brasna
1 k crvene paprike
1/2 k luka u prahu
1/4 k bijelog luka u prahu
1/2 k senfa u prahu
1/4 k bijelog bibera
ulje za przenje
Za kus-kus-
1 srednji slatki krompir
1 solja listova mladog spinata
1,5 solja kus-kusa
1 k pilece 'supe' u prahu
1,5 solja kljucale vode
Maslinovo ulje za posuti
Nacin:
Pomijesajte sve suhe zacine i brasno u jednu cistu kesu. Protreskajte da se zacini pomijesaju, pa onda ubacujte jedan po jedan komad piletine unutra - svaki put protresite kesu, kako bi se masa zalijepila za meso. Przite u ulju, na srednjoj vatri, dok piletina ne porumeni. Ostavite na toplom.
Za kus-kus- Slatki krompir ogulite, isjecite na kocke, obarite ili skuhajte u mikrovalnoj.
U drugu posudu stavite spinat, kus-kus i pilecu supu (prah), pa prelijte kljucalom vodom. Poklopite i ostavite 5-6 minuta stajati, dok kus-kus ne upije tecnost. Ubacite krompir, pa izmijesajte skupa. Pospite sa malo maslinovog ulja i Servirajte sa piletinom.