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Couscous knowledge and rituals

Rolling semolina by hand and steaming it shapes shared family and festive meals.

★ 4.6 (24 rating) 180 learners

Your transmitter: Yusuf Demir Updated 06/2026 Language: English

Listed Food & cooking Africa

What you will learn

  • Understand the origin and meaning of this knowledge
  • Watch the gestures filmed by the practitioner
  • Leave with enough to try it yourself
  • Avoid the common beginner mistakes

Course content

3 modules - 10 lessons - 2h 30m total length

Introduction - Couscous knowledge and rituals3 lessons
▷ Welcome and intentionPreview 4:12
• Where Couscous knowledge and rituals comes from 8:30
• Materials 5:05
Gestures step by step4 lessons
▷ First gesturePreview 12:40
• Second gesture 10:15
• Mistakes to avoid 7:50
• Guided practice 15:20
Going further3 lessons
• Regional variants 9:00
• Care and keeping 6:30
• Closing words 3:10

Requirements

  • No prerequisite, this knowledge is open to all
  • Curiosity and a little patience
  • Basic materials are listed in the first lesson

Description

Rolling semolina by hand and steaming it shapes shared family and festive meals.

Who this is for

  • Anyone curious about other cultures and crafts
  • People who want to pass on or revive a tradition
  • Travellers and lovers of the territory

Course notes

  • PDF sheet of the key steps
  • Materials and suppliers list
  • Glossary of the territory's terms

Your transmitter

Yusuf Demir

Algeria

Yusuf Demir passes on couscous knowledge and rituals from their own territory (Algeria). This knowledge is shared in their own words and gestures, with no middleman.

Reviews

★ 4.6 (24 rating)

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