Couscous With Currants And Cumin - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup water
    1 cup couscous
    1/2 cup currants
    2 teaspoons olive oil
    1 small onion, finely chopped
    2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
    1 tablespoon fresh ginger, finely grated
    1 teaspoon cumin seed, toasted
    1 orange, grated (zest of)
    1 tablespoon fresh coriander, finely chopped (cilantro)
    salt
    hot chili flakes
Preparation
    In saucepan, bring water to boil.
    Stir in couscous and currants.
    Cover and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes.
    Meanwhile, heat oil in large non-stick fry pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic and ginger.
    Saute 3 minutes or until tender.
    Add cumin seeds.
    Saute 1 minute. With fork, fluff couscous and currants.
    Stir in onion mixture, orange zest and coriander.
    Add salt and hot chili flakes to taste.

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