Fruity Moroccan couscous salad
This fruity Moroccan couscous salad is packed with your flavoursome five-a-day.
It’s so easy to make couscous, no cooking required. All you need is a kettle, and a knife and chopping board to chop up your fruits and vegetables. Oh, and a lemon zester, but you can use a cheese grater if you don’t have one of those. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy!
Ingredients
- 150g instant couscous
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pomegranate
- 1½ courgette
- 1 red bell pepper
- 2 oranges
- 1 fresh fig
- 1 tbsp raisins
- Fresh parsley
- Salt and pepper
- Paprika powder
- Ginger powder
- Cumin
Method
1. Put your couscous in a large heat-safe bowl or saucepan and pour boiling water until the couscous is submerged in it.
2. Cover the couscous with a towel and let it rest for five minutes.
3. Add your seasoning and olive oil and mix with olive oil.
4. Wash oranges and grate the orange zest, then peel the oranges and chop them into small chunks – once done, add the zest and chopped oranges.
5. Deseed the pomegranate and add it to the bowl.
6. Dice courgette, pepper and fig and mix with other ingredients.
7. Wash and chop the parsley, then add it to the bowl.
8. Mix everything together and add any seasoning or olive oil if needed.
9. Enjoy!
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