Couscous kind of parboiled dried cracked wheat of similar size to couscous, cooked by adding boiling water and leaving for a few minutes to soften. Couscous Couscous ( ' ; ') is a Maghrebi dish of small (about diameter) steamed balls of crushed durum wheat semolina that is traditionally served with a stew spooned on top. Pearl millet and sorghum especially in the Sahel and other cereals can be cooked in a similar way and the resulting dishes are also sometimes called couscous. Couscous is a staple food throughout the North African cuisines of Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania, Libya, and Egypt.
Twice-cooked pork Twice-cooked pork Twice-cooked pork or double-cooked pork is a Sichuan-style Chinese dish. The dish's ingredients include pork, which is simmered, sliced, and stir-fried; commonly stir-fried vegetables such as cabbage, bell peppers, onions, or scallions; and a sauce that may include Shaoxing rice wine, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, sugar, ginger, chili bean paste, and tianmianjiang bean paste. This dish is commonly associated with "yan jian rou" (Chinese: 盐煎肉, literally salted fried pork), which tastes quite similary to twice cooked pork, but with a different process of cooking. The process of cooking twice-cooked pork involves first simmering pork belly steaks in water