What is couscous and what is hummus?

Question

I see these ingredients in recipes, but have no idea of what they are

Answer 1

Couscous is a tiny pasta made by rolling wheat into little balls about the size of a rice grain. It cooks in minutes and soaks up any flavoring you cover it with. It originated in Morocco.

Hummus is a mixture of mainly ground chickpeas and ground sesame seeds. It is eaten as a dip plain or with some chopped herbs or veggies in it. It originated in the Middle East.

Answer 2

Couscous is like a pasta rolled with semolina wheat and hummus is a dip made from ground up chickpeas, sesame, tahini, garlic, and lemon juice.

Answer 3

Hummus is a paste/dip made with garbanzo beans, which are also called chickpeas. Sometimes it is flavored with garlic, cumin, etc.
Couscous is a teeny tiny pasta, almost like what you'd get if you chopped up rice really small. It's made of wheat, mixed into a dough, and rolled into little balls, and it's kind of fluffy when you cook it.

Answer 4

Couscous is a grain-like pasta made by rolling moistened semolina wheat into spheres. Hummus is a dip made of ground chickpeas, sesame tahini, lemon juice, and garlic.

Answer 5

Couscous is a grain-like pasta made by rolling moistened semolina wheat (or rarely other cereals) into spheres.

Hummus is a dip made of ground chickpeas, tahini (sesame seed paste), lemon juice and garlic (some people use black olives, as well). Usually you will use pita bread to scoop the dip. It is really, really good, but very fattening.

Answer 6

well i dont know what couscous is I found out just the other day what hummus is.. basically its ground up chickpeas and other beans w/ some spices that you use as a dip, just as you would use sour cream and onion dip. Goes very well w/ Pita chips..

Answer 7

You should google them. Or try www.epicurious.com.

Couscous is a pasta, hummus is a blend of chickpeas and tahini with seasonings to taste.

Answer 8

cous cous is a middle east ingredient...it is a very small pebble shaped pasta used in a variety of dishes..hummus is a thick puree of chick peas( garbanzo beans), tahini, ( sesame paste), garlic, oil and lemon juice....served with warm pita bread for dipping.

Answer 9

I allready checked it out on the website...And its right there, you dont even have to click anywhere exept where it says hummus....on the left...

http://www.oasisnaturals.net/q_and_a.htm

Answer 10

COUSCOUS IS MADE FROM SEMOLINA, ........HUMMUS IS GROUND CHICKPEAS, TAHINI, GARLIC,SALT,GRINDED AND THEN OLIVE OIL JUST A LITTLE ON TOP..................NAMASTE