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‘ I have chicken fillet and couscous..hmmmm, what can I make for dinner just using these?‘

That was me having a quiet conversation with myself one night, when it was almost dinner time and I’m still to cook our food. I was actually looking at my Moroccan recipe book and found one that was with chicken but I changed my mind because it was requiring me to shop for the rest of the ingredients, but I was lazy tired from work so I didn’t want to go out to do that. So I had to come up with something quick and and tasty. I was a bit salivating for curry that night and here was the outcome. Not bad, said the mister. He had 2 servings and ate the couscous eventhough it wasn’t his favorite. Now it is.

Ingredients good for 2 persons (an asian and a big Dutchman)

• 300 g chicken breast, cut into bite size
• 200g couscous, plain
• 1 liter water, boiling with 1 chicken bouillon
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, sliced into rings
• 1 med chopped onion
• 2-3 cloves minced garlic
• 1/2 cup water
• 1×1cm ginger, minced
• 1 tbsp raisins
• pepper and salt to taste

For the curry:

• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp garam masala

- Caramelized the onion rings in the pan with 2 tbsp oil. Remove. In the same pan over medium heat, add the rest of the oil and sauté the onion, garlic and ginger for about two minutes, do not burn by continue mixing. Add the chicken and continue to sauté until chicken becomes light brown. Add the curry mix and 1/2 cup of water, turning the heat to low, let it simmer until the chicken bits cooked. While doing this, place the couscous in a deep bowl. Add the chicken bouillon, half in the beginning then cover. After about 2 minutes, flap the couscous to give it some air then add the remaining chicken bouillon, slowly and gently. keep mixing. You might add the raisins at this point. Cover again until ready to be served. Just add pepper and salt to suit your taste.

To serve, simply place couscous first topping it with chicken bits and onion rings.

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