Why not make a stir-fry with ptitim?

In almost every home in Israel you will find at least one package of ptitim (Israeli couscous) stashed away, and every Israeli child loves a jar of ptitim, often devouring it with a spoon in just a few minutes.

So how can you use this basic ingredient to help children and adults discover new flavors? Olga Touksher from the food and recipe blog “The Secret Ingredient” works wonders with a bag of baked ptitim.

This time she turns the ptitim into a stir-fry, hiding a variety of vegetables and covering everything with a sweet, tasty Asian sauce made from soy sauce, peanut butter, maple syrup and garlic. Quickly stir-frying the vegetables in oil preserves their nutritional values, and thanks to the beloved ptitim, even picky eaters will be happy to try it.

Ptitim stir fry recipe

Recipe by: Olga Touksher

Total time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Servings: 4

Stir-fry with ptitim (credit: Alon Messika)

Ingredients for the ptitim:

2 tablespoons of oil

1 pack of fried ptitim (500g)

4 cups boiling water

1 teaspoon salt

For the vegetables:

2 tablespoons of oil

1 purple onion, cut into thin half rings

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1 carrot, cut into thin sticks

1 red pepper, cut into thin strips

½ red chili pepper, cut into rings (optional)

For the sauce:

½ cup warm water

2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter

3-4 tablespoons of soy sauce

1-2 tbsp maple syrup or silan (date syrup)

3 cloves garlic, crushed

1 tbsp cornstarch + 2 tbsp water

For garnish:

4 chopped green onion stems

Sesame seeds

Preparation:

1. For the ptitim: Heat the oil in a pan and fry the ptitim while stirring for about a minute. Add the boiling water and salt and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the pan sit covered for another 5 minutes.

2. For the vegetables: Meanwhile, heat the oil in a pan over high heat and stir-fry the onion, carrot and both types of pepper for 2-3 minutes, until the vegetables start to soften.

3. For the sauce: Mix the warm water, peanut butter, soy sauce, maple syrup and garlic in a bowl until smooth.

4. Stir-fry together: Loosen the ptitim with a fork and add it to the pan with the vegetables. Stir well and continue stir-frying for another minute.

5. Add the sauce, mix and cook for another 2 minutes.

6. In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of water until smooth. Pour it into the pan with the stir-fry, stir and cook for another minute, until the sauce thickens and covers the ptitim and vegetables. Turn off the heat.

7. Sprinkle with green onion and sesame seeds and serve.

Olga Touksher, in collaboration with Sugat.

Ptitim stir fry recipe

Stir-fry with ptitim (credit: Alon Messika)

Ingredients for the ptitim:

For the vegetables:

For the sauce:

For garnish:

Preparation:

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Why not make a stir-fry with ptitim?

Ptitim stir fry recipe

Stir-fry with ptitim (credit: Alon Messika)

Ingredients for the ptitim:

For the vegetables:

For the sauce:

For garnish:

Preparation:

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