Moroccan couscous salad
Moroccan couscous salad, from above
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Moroccan couscous salad

Fluffy couscous, chickpeas, raisins and warm spices. Five minutes of steeping, zero cooking skill.

20 minTime
11 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Grandma's wayCouscous, chickpeas, vegetables, raisins, almonds and spiced lemon dressing.
The original
353kcalsame
11 gproteinsame
7 gfibresame
20minutessame

Moroccan couscous salad.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

5 servings
Couscous1 cup
Vegetable stock (vegetable broth)1 cup, boiling
Chickpeas, boiled1¼ cups, boiled
Cucumber1 small, diced
Tomato1, diced
Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)1 small, diced
Raisins3 tbsp, or chopped dates
Almonds¼ cup, toasted
Flat leaf parsleya handful
Mint leavesa few sprigs
Lemon juice2 tbsp
Olive oil2½ tbsp
Cumin powder (ground cumin)1 tsp
Cinnamon powdera pinch
Salt¾ tsp

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Pour boiling stock over couscous with a little oil and the raisins. Cover for 5 minutes.
  2. 2Fluff with a fork, breaking up any lumps. Cool.
  3. 3Whisk lemon, the rest of the oil, cumin, cinnamon and salt. Toss through with everything except the almonds.
  4. 4Top with toasted almonds and herbs.
Serve it like this

Pile into a wide bowl, almonds and herbs on top, lemon wedges alongside. Good warm or cool.

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To drink Moroccan mint tea15 min
Something sweet Seffa60 min
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