Couscous Salad

Ingredients for Couscous Salad:

1. Couscous – 2 cups

    Boiled water – 2 cups

2. Olive oil – 3 big spoons

3. Garlic – 2 cloves cut into fine pieces

4. Red capsicum – 1 cut into small pieces

5. Salad cucumber – 1 cut into small pieces, after removing its skin and seeds

    Coriander leaves chopped – 2 stalks

    Mint leaves chopped – 2 stalks

    Basil leaves (Rama Tulasi is used for this purpose) chopped – 10 ns

6. Extra virgin olive oil – ½ cup

    Chicken or vegetable stock – ½ cup

    Lemon juice – 1 big spoon

    Salt and pepper – As required

How to prepare Couscous Salad?

1. Take Couscous in a bowl, and add boiling water to it.

2. Now close the bowl with a tight lid. Water gets fully absorbed into the couscous, and it will be cooked well.

3. Heat olive oil in a pan, and add garlic. Sauté it for a while till it gets a pleasant aroma.

4. Now add capsicum to it and sauté it till its skin starts shrinking. Transfer the contents from the pan.

5. Add ingredients no: 5 and salt to it and mix well.

6. Spread the contents on a plate and allow it to cool.

7. Now take Couscous and place it in a big bowl. Now, using a fork, spread it gently and pour the vegetable mix slowly on top.

8. Mix it gently without applying pressure.

9. Transfer all the ingredients listed as 6 to a bottle and shake well. The contents will be mixed well. It’s the dressing salad.

10. Now toss this dressing salad on top of the couscous. Stylish Couscous Salad is ready.

Note: Couscous is a bit expensive. But you can also prepare using wheat rava. You can add your desired vegetables to the couscous salad, as per your preference.  You can make this dish pure veg or non-veg, based on the stock chosen. 

Archive: Vanitha Magazine, May 1-14, 2017  

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