Steamed couscous with spinach leaves and grated coconut

Steamed couscous with spinach leaves and grated coconut

I am going to make scrambled couscous with slightly larger particle size similar to Sri Lankan pittu. The addition of rice flour helps to make the particle size larger.

                                Recipe summary 

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     Steamed couscous with spinach leaves and grated coconut

Preparation : 15 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
serves: 6

1. wash and clean the spinach.Pat with  paper towel dry it well 

2.In a large sauce pan bring to boil 1000 ml water, 250 ml  coconut milk and 1 tsp salt.

3.Switch off the fire,  Take the pan off the heat. Add 500 grams couscous, stir once with a fork or long chop stick.

Steamed couscous with 

spinach leaves and
 grated coconut

4.Cover the pan and leave for 5 minutes out side the cooker. couscous will be cooked now. Stir once.

5. Add 1 cup brown and 1 cup white rice flour and stir briskly  with a long chopstick or the handle of a wooden ladle.

6. Add 200 grams grated coconut and stir well.

7. Add 250 grams spinach leaves and mix well.

8. Prepare the steamer sprinkle a few spinach leaves little grated coconut.


9. Pour Out the couscous onto steaming pan.

10. steam for 5 minutes.
              
  Steamed couscous with spinach leaves and grated coconut
is ready.


               

                 Recipe follows in detail with pictures

Preparation : 15 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
serves: 6

Ingredients
Main
500 grams couscous
250 gram spinach leaves
1 cup brown rice flour (made of unrefined rice with bran)
1 cup white rice flour (made of refined rice)
200 grams grated coconut
Others
Salt 1 tsp
1000 ml water
250 ml coconut milk

 couscous, brown rice flour,white rice flour and spinach

Preparation
Wash and dry spinach leaves. Cut them into small pieces.

Spinach leaves

Method
In a large sauce pan bring the water, coconut milk and salt. bring  to boil. Take the pan off the heat. Add couscous, stir with a fork or long chop stick. Cover the pan and leave for 5 minutes. couscous will be cooked now. Stir once.

 Add brown and white rice flour.

Briskly stir with a long chopstick or the handle of a wooden ladle.

Add spinach leaves and grated coconut. Mix well.

Add spinach leaves and grated coconut.

Prepare the steamer sprinkle a few spinach leaves at the bottom of the steamer.

sprinkle a few spinach leaves at the bottom of the steamer.

Pour Out the couscous onto steaming pan (with the slots) and steam it for 5 minutes.

Pour Out the couscous onto steaming pan 

Couscous is ready.

Steamed couscous with spinach leaves and grated coconut

 Serve while hot with any accompaniment of your choice.