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©Copyright MSCOMM Nutritional Value Source: Wheat Foods Council
Michele Serre, Editor
| All about SEMOLINA COUSCOUS or DURUM WHEAT |  | French: Semoule |
RecipeS
- Couscous, Chevre, Fresh Fig and Walnut Salad
Bidawi Couscous with Seven Vegetables - Morocco
Couscous is yellow granules of semolina made from durum wheat, the ideal pasta wheat, which are precooked and then dried.
It remains a staple in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.
Nutritional value
Couscous is a good low-fat source of complex carbohydrates. One serving (1 ounce, about 3 tablespoons dry) contains:
- Calories 95.0
- Carbohydrate 20.0 g
- Cholesterol 0.0 mg
- Dietary Fiber 1.0 g
- Fat (Total) 0.1 g
- Potassium 49.5 mg
- Protein 3.2 g
- Sodium 4.3 mg
- Selenium 3.4 mcg
- Zinc .2 mg
