COUSCOUS CHICKPEA SALAD

        COUSCOUS CHICKPEA SALAD

                                        (Yield: 3-½ cup Couscous Salad)

Couscous is very easy to cook. Couscous is precooked durum wheat semolina. Couscous available in super market is instant couscous. It is all ready steamed and dried so all you need to do is to add in boiling water and let it sit for 7-8 minutes and it gets cooked. Couscous can be cooked with various methods. It can be cooked as savory dish or as sweet dish too. This one is savory dish.

INGREDIENTS FOR COOKING COUSCOUS:

·      1 T Oil

·      ¼ tsp. Mustard Seeds

·      6-8 Curry leaves

·      1-2 Green Chilies or as per taste, chopped

·      1 cup Water

·      2 T Golden Raisins

·      Salt for couscous only, as per taste

·      ¾ cup Couscous (You will get slightly more than 1 ½ cup cooked couscous)

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INGREDIENTS FOR SALAD:

·      1 ½ cup mix vegetables (¼ cup Purple Sweet Onion, ¼ cup Tomato, ¼ cup Pomegranate Seeds, ¼ cup Red Bell Pepper, ¼ cup Green Bell pepper, ¼ cup Boiled Chickpeas)

OR

USE ANY VEGETABLES OF YOUR CHOICE

·      ¼ cup Coriander Leaves, chopped

·      Salt for vegetables only, as per taste

·      1/8 tsp. Black Pepper Powder

·      1 to 1 ½ tsp. Sugar or as per taste

·      1 ½ T Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice

·      1 T Olive Oil (Add more it tastes good)

·      Sriracha Hot Sauce for drizzling on top as per taste (OPTIONAL)

·      1-2 T Pomegranate Seeds for garnishing

LET’S COOK:

Heat oil in a pan.

Once oil is hot add mustard seeds and let them pop.

Add curry leaves, green chilies and stir-fry for few seconds.

Add water, salt (enough for couscous only) and raisins and cover the pot and bring water up to a boil.

Once water boils, stir in couscous and cover.

Switch off the heat.

Remove from heat and let stand for 7-8 minutes.

Fluff couscous with a fork.

Add chopped vegetables, coriander leaves, salt enough for vegetables only, black pepper powder and sugar and toss to combine well.

Add olive oil and lemon juice on top and mix well.  

Transfer in a serving plate.

Drizzle sriracha hot sauce on top if you are adding and garnish with pomegranate seeds and serve.

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