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Cous Cous Salad Recipe
How to make Cous Cous Salad
A hearty and easy to make salad - cous cous stirred in with onions, curry leaves and peanuts. Serve with grilled corn.
- Total Cook Time 30 mins
- Prep Time 10 mins
- Cook Time 20 mins
- Recipe Servings2
- Easy
Ingredients of Cous Cous Salad
- 6 Corn cobs
- 100 gm cous cous
- For the Dressing:
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1/2 tsp onion seeds
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 curry leaves (optional)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 green chili, seeded and finely chopped
- 8-10 roasted peanuts, skinned and
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper crushed
- 2 Tbsp runny honey
- 25 gm coriander leaves, washed and chopped.
How to Make Cous Cous Salad
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First, make the dressing.
2.
Put all of the ingredients into a jar with a lid. Shake well, and brush it on to the corncobs just before you barbecue or grill them.
3.
They will be ready when the kernels are tender and lightly browned.
4.
For the couscous salad, bring to the boil 500ml/18fl oz water with a dash of oil.
5.
Stir in the couscous, cover and let it stand for 5 minutes.
6.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a small pan, then put in the onion seeds, curry leaves, salt and peanuts.
7.
Stir for a minute then add the couscous and cook gently for 4 minutes.
8.
Scrape the couscous into a serving bowl, scatter over the coriander leaves and serve with the corn.