About this dish
Fine steamed couscous tossed with butter and sugar, often studded with raisins or dates and served with a glass of milk.
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Ingredients
🌾500g fine couscous
🧈80g butter
🍇1/2 cup raisins, or chopped dates
🍬Sugar, to taste
🌿Cinnamon, to taste
🥛Cold milk or buttermilk, to serve
Method
Serves 21
Moisten the couscous with lightly salted water and a little oil, rubbing it between your hands to separate the grains.2
Steam it over boiling water for 15 minutes, then tip it out, sprinkle with water and rub again to break up lumps.3
Steam twice more, adding the raisins for the final steaming.4
Rub the butter through the hot couscous until every grain is glossy.5
Serve sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon, with a glass of cold milk.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Mesfouf is eaten across Algeria and is especially popular for suhoor, the meal before dawn during Ramadan.
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