In the pantry · 5 uses
couscous
Not a grain — tiny pasta, which is why it steeps rather than boils. Fork it through with fat while it is hot or it sets into a single block.
4
dishes and drinks that need it
1
more where it is worth adding
100%
of those are under 30 min
What it is usually standing next to
Lemon is in 75% of the dishes that call for it — close enough to be a rule rather than a habit.
Counted off required ingredients across the whole corpus. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.
If you have twenty minutes
Built on it · 4
Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.
Worth adding · 1
These work without it. They work better with it.