Couscous With Vegetables And Salsa Recipes

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the carrots, celery, onion and peppers in oil for 5-6 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add the next five ingredients. , Stir in couscous. Add broth; bring to a boil. Cover and remove from the heat; let stand for 5-8 minutes. Fluff with a fork and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Heat a large sauce pot over medium high heat. Add oil, bay leaf, onion, zucchini and yellow squash to the pot and season with salt and pepper. Saute, stirring frequently, 7 or 8 minutes. Add pumpkin and broth to the pan and stir to combine. Add cumin and coriander. Bring broth to a boil. Add couscous to the broth, stir, cover and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Remove lid from the pot and fluff couscous with a fork. Remove bay from the pan, add finely chopped tomato, cilantro and parsley, toss again with fork to combine and transfer to a serving platter. Serve with warm Mediterranean flat breads.

Steps:

• Put the couscous in a bowl and pour over the hot stock. Cover with cling film, leave to stand and swell for 10 mins.
• Make the salsa by mixing the chickpeas with the tomatoes, half the oil and vinegar, the finely chopped chillies and some of the chopped herbs. Season and arrange between 4 serving plates.
• Heat a griddle pan or frying pan. Fry the halloumi for 2-3 mins each side, until golden and lightly charred. Fluff up the couscous with a fork and mix in the rest of the oil, vinegar and herbs with some seasoning. Pile onto the plates next to the salsa and top with the warm halloumi. Garnish with the sliced chillies.

Steps:

• Preheat your grill to a high heat, outdoor or indoor.
• Brush vegetables lightly with olive oil, and place them on the grill. Cook, flipping over occasionally, until just tender.
• While the vegetables are grilling, bring water, salt, 1 tablespoon olive oil, and couscous to boil in a large pot. Once the water has come to a boil, remove the pot from the heat and let it stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork when done. Let couscous cool to room temperature.
• Place couscous on a plate and top with veggies. Drizzle with a small amount of olive oil and Balsamic vinegar.

Steps:

• Bring the broth to a boil in a saucepan. Stir in couscous, cover, and remove from heat.
• After five minutes, fluff couscous with a fork, cover again, and set aside.
• Combine chickpeas, vegetables, water, and sherry in a frying pan.
• Cover and cook 10 minutes over medium heat.
• Add seasonings and stir.
• To serve, ring couscous around a platter and mound the vegetable mixture in the center.

Steps:

• Wash squash; cut in eighths.
• Peel potatoes and cut into large chunks. Steam squash and potatoes in steamer for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove tough stems from whole broccoli; cut whole broccoli or florets into bite-size pieces and add to squash and potatoes, and cook until tender.
• Mince garlic; mince jalapeno.
• Heat oil in nonstick skillet, and quickly saute garlic and jalapeno with cumin, coriander, fennel, cinnamon and cloves.
• Stir in tomato puree, crushed tomatoes, sugar, soy sauce and pepper, and simmer while the rest of the meal is prepared.
• Bring water to boil and cook couscous according to package directions.
• When vegetables are tender, drain; remove skin from squash and cut into bite-size pieces.
• When couscous is cooked, arrange in shallow serving bowl; top with vegetables and spoon the tomato salsa over the top. Serve with bread.

Steps:

• Soak the couscous in cold water for 10 minutes to loosen the grains. Then steam over a saucepan of boiling water or stock for a further 5 minutes. This prevents the couscous from getting sticky and lumpy.
• Meanwhile burn the outside of the pepper over a naked gas flame. When the skin is black place pepper into plastic bag and seal. Rub from the outside to remove all the pepper skin.
• Roast the aubergine and zucchini in a preheated 220 degrees F oven.
• When all vegetables are ready finely chop them up and mix into the couscous. Add salt, tumeric, cumin, and black pepper, to taste. Steam for a further 5 minutes. Garnish with sliced tomatoes and serve.

Steps:

• Place vegetables in roasting dish.
• Drizzle with olive oil.
• Roast 200°C for about 45 minutes.
• Cool.
• Combine chickpeas and couscous, stir in dressing to taste. Place on large serving platter.
• Add remaining dressing to cooled vegetables, mix and spoon over couscous.
• Serve at room temperature with tahini.

Steps:

• Spritz vegetables with cooking spray; sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Using long-handled tongs, moisten a paper towel with cooking oil and lightly coat the grill rack. Prepare for indirect heat using a drip pan. , Arrange vegetables over drip pan and grill, covered, over indirect medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until tender, turning occasionally. Let stand until cool enough to handle., In a large saucepan, bring broth to a boil. Stir in couscous. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 5 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. , Cut grilled vegetables into 1/2-in. pieces. Fluff couscous with a fork. Add the vegetables, green onions, lemon juice, thyme and remaining salt and pepper; toss until combined.