Summer couscous salad

Summer couscous salad

A Middle Eastern treat, ready in minutes

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Tip the couscous into a bowl, pour the boiling stock over and mix well with a fork. Cover with a plate and leave for 4 minutes. Meanwhile, tip all the dressing ingredients into a bowl and mix well. Fluff up the couscous with a fork, stir in the chickpeas and follow with half the dressing. Mix well and pile on to a large serving dish.
  2. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan and fry the courgette slices over a high heat for 2-3 minutes until dark golden brown. Lift out on to kitchen paper. Now put the tomatoes cut-side down into the pan, and cook for another couple of minutes until tinged brown on the underside. Top the couscous with the courgettes and then the tomatoes.
  3. If the pan is dry, pour in a little more oil and heat it up, then add the halloumi strips and fry for 2-3 minutes, turning them over from time to time, until crisp and sizzled brown. Pile on top of the tomatoes, and drizzle with the remaining dressing. Serve as soon as possible.

Per serving

721 kcalories, protein 23.0g, carbohydrate 47.0g, fat 50.0 g, saturated fat 14.0g, fibre 4.0g, sugar 1.0g, salt 2.86 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2003.

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  • 28 May 2009

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  • 01 June 2009

    stevieb commented on this recipe

    Really easy and the kids loved it

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  • 20 June 2009

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  • 22 June 2009

    Loubob rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was really very nice, but I made it with a wider variety of summer veggies - pepper, aubergine and red onion along with the courgettes and tomatoes, and omitted the chick peas. I roasted these in a hot oven for 40 mins, then combined with the couscous, fried halloumi and dressing. Delicious on a summer evening with a glass of chilled rose!

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  • 02 July 2009

    monroe rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was a great recipe and went down well with the whole family. Tasted great as a packed lunch the next day too. Will definatley be making again

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  • 28 July 2009

    muffyrat rated and commented on this recipe

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    delicious, everyone loved this

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  • 05 August 2009

    tasty stuff rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious! I made this for the first time today,I halved the ingredients as I was only making it for two of us, but wished I hadn't as I would have loved to take the leftovers to work for lunch. Will be making it again and again.

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  • 20 August 2009

    Alastair rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great recipe! Add a teaspoon of harissa to the stock when making the couscous for a little extra zing.

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  • 25 August 2009

    Carol commented on this recipe

    Made this last night for the umpteenth time, a real favourite in our house, I don't even get the usual complaints of 'no meat?' My tip is to put the sliced courgettes in a plastic bag with a drizzle of olive oil, mix well and then place them on a baking tray in a very hot oven for about 10 minutes, they don't even need turning over if the oven is hot enough, the toms go in for about five minutes. It saves all that messing about with a frying pan. Enjoy!

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  • 27 August 2009

    Navster commented on this recipe

    This recipe is fabulous-I cook this on a regular basis and even got my mum hooked on it (and she never used to like couscous!) I pan-fried some chopped red onions, green peppers as well as the courgettes....also a bit of chilli (1 chopped/teaspoon of chilli powder) gives it a real kick!

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  • 08 September 2009

    loveating rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is absolutely delicious and easy to make. Shall make it time and time again.

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  • 12 September 2009

    Tracey rated and commented on this recipe

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    have made this numerous times - always popular with friends, and a good dish to share

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    03 November 2009

    VC rated and commented on this recipe

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    I make a very similar recipe, I use courgettes as well as yellow peppers and aubergines and I fry them until soft. I like the mix of colours and I find the aubergines satisfy even the non-veggies . I also add pinenuts and grill the halloumi instead of frying it. I don't normally use the dressing but will give it a try as I love anything with lemon!

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  • 20 December 2009

    Rachel rated and commented on this recipe

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    Have made this twice now and will continue to do so, its lovely! I add roasted peppers and red onions and leave out the tomatoes.

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  • 21 May 2010

    Primrose rated this recipe

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  • 30 May 2010

    pastry rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great recipe and really simple.

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  • 07 June 2010

    Lou Rolls rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This has potential but we all agreed that this was far too oily. I left out some of the oil but it was still too much. I also added harissa paste which gave it an extra kick & used chicken for my partner as he doesn't like halloumi. Will make it again but use less oil next time.

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  • 25 July 2010

    Joanne Ruffell rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was absolutely superb! Only thing I did differently was to roast the courgettes in a hot oven for ten minutes and then remove and roast the tomatoes on the same tray for a further ten minutes. This simplified the dish as I didn't have to stand over a pan and it still gave a lovely flavour.

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  • 17 August 2010

    laura rated and commented on this recipe

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    Dressing was delicious!

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  • 02 September 2010

    elaine rated and commented on this recipe

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    amazing taste!!!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Easily halved

Ingredients

FOR THE DRESSING

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Per serving

721 kcalories, protein 23.0g, carbohydrate 47.0g, fat 50.0 g, saturated fat 14.0g, fibre 4.0g, sugar 1.0g, salt 2.86 g

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