Couscous
Couscous served with vegetables and chickpeas
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| Place of origin | North Africa |
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| Region or state | North Africa |
| Main ingredients | Semolina |
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| Serving size 1 cup (173 g) | |||
| Servings per container Information is per cooked couscous as determined by Nutrient Data Laboratory, ARS, USDA. | |||
| Amount per serving | |||
| Calories 176 | Calories from fat 2 | ||
| % Daily value* | |||
| Total fat 0.25 g | 0% | ||
| Saturated fat 0.05 g | 0% | ||
| Trans fat 0 g | |||
| Cholesterol 0 mg | 0% | ||
| Sodium 8 mg | 0% | ||
| Potassium 91 mg | 3% | ||
| Total carbohydrate 36 g | 12% | ||
| Dietary fiber 2 g | 1% | ||
| Sugars 0 g | |||
| Protein 6 g | |||
| Vitamin A | 0% | Vitamin C | 0% |
| Calcium | 1% | Iron | 2% |
| *Percent daily values are based on a 2,000‑calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. | |||
Couscous (Berber: ⵙⵉⴽⵙⵓ, Seksu) is a North African dish of small steamed balls of semolina, usually served with a stew spooned on top. Couscous is a staple food throughout the North African cuisines of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania and Libya and to a lesser extent in Sicily.
The original name may be derived from the Berber word Keskes, which refers to the cookingpot in which the dish is prepared.
Numerous different names and pronunciations for couscous exist around the world. Couscous is /ˈkʊskʊs/ or /ˈkuːskuːs/ in the United Kingdom and only the latter in the United States. It is in Arabic: كسكسي, pronounced kuskusi, while it is also known in Morocco as seksu or kesksu ; in Algeria as seksu or ṭa`ām (طعام, literally meaning "food") ; in Tunisia and Libya kosksi or kuseksi , in Egypt kuskusi (كسكسي), ; and keskes in Tuareg.
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