Couscous Feta Cakes
These Couscous Feta Cakes (or couscous fritters) are made with couscous, egg, feta cheese, bell pepper, garlic and onion.
A super easy veggie dish recipe that can be made even with leftover couscous and can be served for dinner or as an appetizer.
If you like couscous as much as I do, check out my other recipes using couscous here: Couscous Vegetable Salad and Couscous Salad.
Yield: Serves 5
- 1 cup (about 170 g) uncooked couscous
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup green bell pepper, minced
- 1 cup red bell pepper, minced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 cup onion, minced
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup wheat flour or all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (about 120 g) crumbled feta cheese (click for How to Crumble Feta Cheese)
- canola oil
- salt and black pepper to taste
- Garlic Sauce for serving, optional
Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from heat.
Add couscous and salt, and give it a quick stir with a fork. Cover the saucepan and let it sit for 10-15 minutes. Then fluff with a fork and set aside.
In a small frying pan, heat 1-tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add the onions, garlic and bell peppers; sauté for 5 minutes.
Place couscous, eggs, wheat flour, onion mixture and crumbled feta cheese in a medium bowl; combine well. Season with salt and black pepper.
Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a small non-stick skillet over medium heat.
Place about 1/3 cup couscous mixture for each portions into skillet. Lightly press with a spatula to flatten to 1/2 inch.
Cook until lightly browned, turning cakes carefully (about 3-4 minutes each side). Add more oil during cooking if necessary.
Repeat procedure with remaining couscous mixture. Serve warm or cold either with Garlic Sauce or alone.
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I made these cakes, they were delicious. Very interesting recipe. Thank you, Shabnam.
This one looks amazing! I never thought we can make cakes out of Couscous!!
very delicious!
thank you for your pecipe, tastes good.