How is couscous made?

Moment of Um

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Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Couscous is a delicious fluffy, starchy food that people enjoy all over the world. You can find the dried version in stores, but what if you wanted to make it fresh? How does couscous actually get made? We asked cookbook author Kenji Lopez-Alt to help us find the answer.

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0:55.0	Moment of Um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Anna Goldfield.
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1:11.6	Hiya, pals. Are you ready for story time? I've been working on this one for a while, and I think it's almost ready for our next read-aloud party at Brains-on headquarters.
1:18.6	Last time, Molly Bloom read a story about a surprise party for elephants that made me laugh so hard I thought I was going to barf. It's a tough act to follow. Well, here's what I've got so far.
1:31.3	In a town called spruce, there was a chef named Gustav Kibuze. As you might deduce, Gustav was a goose. He was a bit of a recluse,
1:38.2	though he could produce a moose that made everyone let loose effusive and profuse woo-hues.
1:43.8	To juice up his menu, Gustav said,
1:46.3	I choose to introduce kus-kous. And then that's where I get stuck. I love eating kus-kous,
1:54.5	that light and fluffy stuff that goes great with stews and sauces. But I don't actually
2:00.6	know how to make it from scratch. So how can I
2:04.4	describe Gustav's genius kuskous kookery in my story? My friends Toby and Olivia were wondering this, too.
2:11.6	How is kuskous made? Well, I think we need an assist from an expert.
2:23.2	Thank you. Well, I think we need an assist from an expert. There are a couple of different varieties of kus-kous.
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