Hi Hajer,
I am Algerian and have a receip for you, it's called "Messfouf" couscous, and I guess that it's not difficult to finds couscous in the US (go to any farmer's market or healthfood store and you can fin a large variety).
Ingredients:
2 pounds of couscous
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
1 cup of cold water
1 pound green beans, (you'll probably get them frozen at WalMart, it's OK)
2 pounds fresh young fava beans in pods, cut into half inches pieces
2 teaspoons ssalt, or to taste
3 tablesponns of butter melted
+ (buttermilk to drink, we call it Lebben but I don't think it's available in the US)
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1. Prepare the couscous. Rinse it well with cold water, drain and spread it out on a large tray for 30 mn. Sprkinle on the oil and toss well to mix. Puit the couscous filled with 3 or 4 cups boiling water. Steam for 20 minutes without stirring.
2. Turn the coucous out onto the tray again and add the cold water. Toss well to mix and let it dry again, absorbing the water for 15 mn
3. During this time, put the veggies in the top of the steamer, sprinkle with the salt and steam over moderate heat. return the couscous to the steamer witth the veggies and steam for 15 mn more. This will soften the couscousand make it fluffy! Turn the couscous and veggies out into the tray, and add the butter and toss everything together, which willseparate in individual grains.
4. Normally we serve Lebben (buttermilk) in a bowl but in the US it's not possible to get it, so put a platter of watermelon of the season, your husband will love it.
This is a receip from Algiers, I hope that he would like it!!!
Give it a try, if you have a question just post it, I'll be glad to help...
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