Guide to cooking Moroccan couscous step-by-step

[Selawiya91]

This is not the Moroccan way !!

[abdosofia]

this isnt a moroccan couscouss what you guys are talking about the ingredient are not right no body in morocco put coliflower in couscouss, not even the green peppers and the tomatoes supose to be finely shoped not like that, the carrotes shold stay long im sorry but everything looks rong for me

[jadcooper]

@abdosofia - I think you forget that every family has a different way to make coucous right? This is my family's way of making couscous. There are many ways to make couscous. OK!

[nawal01]

Very good thanks for sharing, am ready to take a challange yahooooo!! =D

[medsamid]

there isn't just one way to prepare it!! it depend from hand to hands..

[jadcooper]

@medsamid yup - well said. Couscous is like any dish... depends on the region, traditions and what the family likes in it.

[monukv]

hi there, Wonderful recipe and loved it. I had trouble just with finding a sieved pot to cook the pasta.

Also, may be you could write down the ingredients under your video details. It helps a lot

Cheers

[Gipsy1190]

im moroccan and i had never seen couscous made by this way ! any way thnx it was the vedio was nice =)

[ilikedatube]

why dont you put all the grains n theplate and make a bit of a hole in the middle to put all the veggies and meat in? thats the way everyone i've seen makes it

[oKeegan]

the voice does not fit in. the recipe is great

[Leckavrea]

@oKeegan not very Moroccan music either !

[oKeegan]

@Leckavrea right

[jadcooper]

@koelschwolf : thanks for this interesting side dish, however, let me note that in the 34 years that I have eaten couscous prepared by my Moroccan relatives, I have never had it with that sauce. Is this a recipe from Algeria or Tunisia? It sounds tasty.

Enjoy the couscous. Try it this way first without anything additional. Let me know what you think. Cooked like this, it has enough flavor to carry the dish.

[80z90zhouzemuzicgrl]

i wish she was my grandmother!!! i love her style she cooks with love and i bet her food is delicious!!!!!!!

[Weedod1]

OMG...soooo much salt!!

[v1x4g2]

Really enjoyed your video. Thanks for posting!

[lionsden31]

this is enough to feed an army!

[Opelkoenjas]

Finally a GOOD recepie!!! Going to make it this weekend, as my son and his dad come over for a visit, and they never had couscous!!! Thank you, grandma, and grandson for the video and this wonderfull recepyie!!! 5 * from me too!!

[zione22]

i cs cs my compliments and well made as it does my mother's compliments Nuvo

[chloe7829]

hello Jad, you don't have the essential sauce that is served on the side: Finely chopped onion sauteed in butter, add finely chopped dried apricots and raisins, cook slowly, add chicken stock to create some volume, season with cumin, coriander, cinnamon, allspice, salt, pepper, saffron, touch of red pepper flakes or Harissa or Ras al Hanut seasoning

[aouani]

And this is why i like having Moroccan family : ) Lol

[MoroccanSword]

Respect to you grand mother ! this is a genuine couscous recipe ! five stars

[TheMoroccandream]

thanx man for this i sent the link to many friends..:)

[jadcooper]

Thanks for your recommendation. Unfortunately at this time I will have to leave the video as is since the video's audio clip was made from the loop and the my voice rendered then added to the video. I don't have the time to re-engineer this. The voice was recorded using a very high end Audio Technica Microphone. I made sure the levels are broadcast quality.

[jadcooper]

It's been proven that repetitive music in the background keeps people's interested in clips. It's not necessary but it makes it lively.

[princessemaghreb]

the funniest couscous I have ever seen

haahahahahahahaha

[hellophoenix]

Jad,,,thank you for this wonderful recipe.

Where can I buy the couscous steamer in the US? Or a web site I could buy the steamer from?

BTW,,you have a very nice voice :-)

[chloe7829]

I found my Tajine (Steamer) online. but they are not cheap. Also most better specialty stores will sock a Tajine.

Please don't confuse the term Tajine. Its applied to both the cooking pot and the stew. Some restuarants serve the condiment sauce on top of the stew, thats a NO NO. Make it separately: saute onions in butter, add a little flour, cook, add orange juice, raisins, chopped dried apricots, season with salt/pepper/cinnamon, cloves, saffron/ add almonds

[hellophoenix]

Thank you for your response, I've seen the Tajins in kitcen stores like Sur La Table and Williams Sonoma but I am not sure if they were authentic. What's the name of the web site?

[chloe7829]

Hello Phoenix, well I think the best prices for a steamer are on ebay, but they will still be around 50 bucks. Hav you found yet the website " cooking with alia"? Some of her recipes are great. A few nights ago I made her Kefta with poached eggs. It tasted great but..... my stomach didn't like the seasonings. I was awake until till 3am with acid reflux.

Happy New Year Phoenix

Chloe 7829

PS chloe is the name of our cat.

[hellophoenix]

@koelschwolf, please tell us the kind of vegetables your grandmother use.

[chloe7829]

carrots, onions, turnips, cauliflower, green beans, sweet potato

[Jlicious89]

lol

[zomorod]

Good job, merci

[M011y474]

Salam Jad. My future hubby loves to eat-in. Sadly, at present I only have Malaysian recipies (which include Malay, Chinese, Indian, Thai, Indonesian with a bit Japanese & Western). I believe in grandma's traditional authentic home cooking...so, is there any other Moroccan recipies from your grandma and where can I get 'em? I'd like to create a special Moroccan section in my recipe book, just for my future H.:-)

[jadcooper]

Good question. I will post more recipes soon.!!!! Stay tuned!

Jad

[M011y474]

Je suis malaisienne and my future hubby is french moroccan. I missed his home-cooked lamb couscous each time I'm back in Malaysia and this recipe is a great help! I shall try and surprise him this time! Merci Jad et votre grand-mere! Terima kasih (= merci) ;)

[jadcooper]

Yeah no problem!! Merci encore !

[1971malak]

@M011y474 hello, if you like Moroccan food ? I recommand this : sousoukitchen . She has nice Moroccan recipes. enjoy.

[lavie254520]

Couscous with sweet potatoes and potatoes!!!!!!!!!

[cutiexbeauty]

awesome! i see that your g-ma made it different compared to the other videos i have just watched. she just pretty much put most of the ingrediants at the same time! dont you have to brown the meat first for a lil bit? also do you know how many cups of couscous you will need for 4-5 people?

-- i will be making it soon for the first time.

[jadcooper]

For 4-5 people you need about 1 cup of couscous each and an extra cup for prosperity...

so n+1 in your case 5 - however this is just a guide - as I usually eat a lot!

[Maroc4Amazigh]

SEKSOE, jammie

[linouly1]

it sound tasty i am moroccan , i dont add coliflower , and sweet potato , i use zucchini, potato, pumpkin, carrot, tomato and chilli ... we need to steam it 3 times to let the couscous become soft

[docrhon]

that was very interesting, but I dont understand why the couscous needs steaming over and over again?

[jadcooper]

This is a way to give the couscous flavor from the steam. The saffron is very flavorful

[ilovetocook48]

No cumin?

[fredblogger1953]

thx.i liked it.i will try it soon and look forward to more of your posts..

[Sallyakerti]

Thank you so much.Very healthy

[jadcooper]

You are very welcome.

This is the recipe my grandmother has been using all her life. She is from Rabat.

Rabat is the capital of Morocco and people there cook couscous with many vegetables that people might not use in the country side because they don't have access to them.

Tomatoes have been used in Rabat since they came from the Portuguese and Spanish from the Americas.

[novaio]

This is not Moroccan Couscous! Especially the part when you add califlower and peppers!that just makes my stomach hurt.

Thanks for trying but plz don not call it moroccan cause it's not even close to it.

[jadcooper]

I am Moroccan and so is my entire family - this is how we cook it. Thanks for the useless comment. You make my stomach hurt.

[sabrwafoi]

@novaio and meddymoo: I'm pretty sure there are different recipes for couscous in each part of Morocco as I just came back from Morocco and the couscous I ate was different in Agadir, Rabat, and Casablanca. When I make couscous, I use different veggies everytime--so screw you and your fake, non-existent, traditional couscous!

JADCOOPER: I LEARNED THE BASICS OF HOW TO COOK AUTHENTIC COUSCOUS FROM YOUR VIDEO-THANK YOU AND G-MA! WITH THAT SAID, PLEASE ADD MORE OF YOUR G-MA'S YUMMY RECIPES!!! ;o)

[meddymoo]

I really appreciate the efforts out into this dish, but I'm Moroccan and I can tell you this is nowhere close to real authentic Moroccan couscous. we never use tomatoes, coniflower and green peper in moroccan couscous. I would suggest you consult some Moroccan cooking websites for the real recipe and again I appreciate the efforts of discovering a different cuisine.

[jadcooper]

Well, I am Moroccan, so is my mother and father. The woman cooking this is my grandmother. She has been cooking couscous all her life in Rabat. Maybe you don't know how my family cooks couscous but it's obvious that your recipe different, I recommend you learn how people cook food in different parts of Morocco.

[Wonderwomanxx]

what is wrong with people lol cant they read, great respect to you sat for video, good job!

[jipidibipity]

great video! we need american speaking tutorials as close to the real (ethnic) food as possible!!

[libyloba]

Thanks, I'm Dominican and my hubby is Moroccan. I had my failed attempts to prepare but it just does not come out tasting very nice. I can't wait to try this!

[jadcooper]

Very cool. Yes, please follow the recipe closely and try to match the way the ingredients are cut and the seasoning.

Saffron is important, so make sure you get fresh, potent safron from an ethnic food store.

[mayra3379]

tank you so much for this recipes i am mexican but boyfriend morrocon this will really

going to suprised him i am so really to make it tank you

[jadcooper]

Hello!

Great! Actually a lot of the ingredients both cultures use are similar. We all share the culture from Andalusia.

Couscous is simple, very filling and very healthy. Please follow the recipe closely. Once you have cooked it a few times, you can experiment and add vegetables that you might find are missing.

[sabrwafoi]

Thanks for this video..I can't wait to try it especially after eating horrible Algerian Chicken cous cous (yuukk..lol) .please add more of your grandma's recipes!!

[jadcooper]

Algerian couscous? Never been there or tried it.

Enjoy! This is the right way to make cous cous and you see the right way to cut the vegetables and how much to add of each spice.

[SlaveOfthemostjust]

thanks... more recipes pls..

[lina60659]

Perfecto

Grazie

:)

[uk7paris]

nice receipe, we do almost the same in algeria, couscous is one of the best foods in the world.tks for u r contribution

[seedofageneration]

Beautifully done, to two recipes in one

Thank You