Seffa (plain couscous without sauce)

Name: Seffa (plain couscous without sauce)
Cuisine: Algeria
Ingredients: Couscous; Butter or smen; Sugar or salt, depending on the version; Milk or orange blossom water (optional)

Arabic name سفة الكسكس

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Ingredients (4)

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Couscous
Butter or smen
Sugar or salt, depending on the version
Milk or orange blossom water (optional)

Method

Steam the couscous three times, rubbing it with butter between each steaming, until the grains are completely separate.
Keep the couscous dry, with no sauce (seffa means without sauce).
Serve with melted butter or milk, or sprinkled with sugar, according to local tradition.
Serve warm, straight after the final steaming.