Couscous Recipe | Mom’s Recipes

The typical Brazilian food much appreciated at this time of year is couscous. Ever experienced? Very tasty!

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup (tea) oil
• 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 1 chopped onion
• 5 peeled and seedless tomatoes, chopped
• 1 diced green pepper
• 3 tablespoons of tomato paste
• 2 cups (tea) of water
• 1 can of drained peas
• 2 cans of drained sardines
• 1 cup of palm hearts (optional)
• 3 cups of yellow corn flour
• Chopped green chili to taste
• Chopped seedless red pepper to taste
• Salt to taste

Decoration Ingredients

• 2 sliced ​​boiled eggs
• 1 sliced ​​tomato
• Sardine fillets
• 1 heart of palm in slices (optional)
• 1 cup fresh frozen peas (optional)
• Green or black olives to taste
• Oil

Preparation Mode

1. Grease a 24 cm diameter pan with oil in the middle.
2. Arrange slices of egg, tomato, sardine fillets, hearts of palm and peas on the bottom and sides. Reserve.
3. In a pan, heat the oil and sauté the garlic and onion for 5 minutes.
4. Add the tomato, pepper, extract and sauté for another 5 minutes.
5. Add the water, peas, sardines in large pieces, hearts of palm, green chillies, pepper, salt and cook for 3 minutes.
6. Add the corn flour all at once and stir with a wooden spoon for 10 minutes or until cooked.
7. Pour into the mold carefully so as not to harm the decoration and press down with a spoon.
8. Turn over onto a large plate.

Mom Tips

The traditional decoration is as shown in the recipe. Nothing stops you from decorating the couscous in your own way.

Two cans of drained sardines = 250 grams.

Serve warm or at room temperature.

Approximate yield of 8 servings.