Couscous Salad. Tip the couscous into a large bowl and pour over the stock. It's also a no cook meal. Speaking of sun dried tomato - this is your secret weapon for this Couscous Salad.
Its ingredients include chickpeas (garbanzo beans), cucumber and bell pepper.
So I attended a dinner that night where everyone had to bring a vegan dish and this is what I decided to whip up :) That also explains why I made.
Lemon and pomegranate couscous. by Rachel Allen.
You can have Couscous Salad using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Couscous Salad
- It's 200 gms of Moroccan couscous.
- It's 250 ml of Water.
- It's 200 ml of Vegetable stock.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Sliced black olives (15 gms), heaped.
- Prepare 25 gm of Sun dried tomatoes chopped.
- You need 75 gm of Green bell pepper diced.
- You need 50 gm of Red/yellow bell pepper, diced.
- You need 5 of Cherry tomatoes quartered.
- You need 75 gm of Red onion finely sliced.
- You need 120 gm of Cucumber diced.
- It's 3 tsp of Cilantro finely chopped.
- Prepare 80 gm of Feta cheese crumbled.
- You need 1/4-1/2 tsp of Paprika.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Pesto.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Mint leave finely chopped.
- It's 1 1/2 tsp of White sesame seed lightly toasted.
- You need 50 gm of Walnuts toasted.
- You need 4 tbsp of Pine nuts toasted.
- You need 2 tbsp of Golden seedless raisins.
- Prepare to taste of Lemon juice.
- It's to taste of Salt.
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Couscous Salad instructions
- In a pan heat water and stock to a rolling boil..
- In a large bowl add the couscous. Pour the hot water + stock over it and immediately cover. Keep aside for 10 - 15 minutes. Uncover and fluff the couscous using a fork. Keep aside..
- In another bowl, toss in all the remaining ingredients and mix well..
- Add the pesto coated vegetables into the couscous and mix until all the ingredients are well combined..
- Serve warm or cold..
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