Gastronomic tours with Swiss Cheese

I tried out something new today. It's couscous based, but stir-fried in preparation. It came out fairly well, so I'm posting here.

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup couscous
• 1/2 cup chicken or vegetable stock
• 1/4 cup peas
• 1/4 cup sweet corn
• 1/4 cup assorted raisins
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 1 Tbsp basil leaves, chopped
• 2 Tbsp mint leaves, chopped
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp Chinese 5 spice
• 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Method:

1. Heat the stock + 1Tbsp oil in a saucepan until it comes to a boil
2. Stir in the couscous, remove from heat, cover and keep aside
3. Heat a large skillet
4. Add 1 Tbsp oil
5. Add Chinese 5 spice and cumin seeds and fry for half a minute
6. Add in raisins, nuts, peas and corn and stir fry for 2 minutes
7. Mix in Couscous, mint and basil leaves
8. Stir fry until Couscous no longer sticks to your ladel (I use a wooden ladel)
9. Turn off the heat and continue to mix it for another 30 seconds

That's it. You can eat it on its own or with yogurt or as a side dish for a larger meal. For a spicier version, use Indian garam masala instead of Chinese 5 spice. It should serve 3 people as a side dish.

I haven't yet thought of a good name for this dish, so if you have any ideas, leave a comment.