Name: Giant couscous & tomato salad with zhoug-style dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 large vine tomatoes diced; ½ red onion finely chopped; 150g giant couscous or fregola; ½ small bunch of coriander roughly chopped; handful of parsley leaves, roughly chopped; 1 lemon juiced; 2 green chillies chopped; 1 garlic clove roughly chopped; ½ tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp caster sugar; 3 tbsp olive oil

Giant couscous & tomato salad with zhoug-style dressing in a bowl

4 large vine tomatoes
diced
½ red onion
finely chopped
150g giant couscous
or fregola

For the zhoug-style dressing

½ small bunch of coriander
roughly chopped
handful of parsley
leaves, roughly chopped
1 lemon
juiced
2 green chillies
chopped
1 garlic clove
roughly chopped
½ tsp ground cumin
½ tsp caster sugar
3 tbsp olive oil

Method

step 1
Put the tomatoes and onion in a large bowl with ½ tsp sea salt. Toss and leave to sit.
step 2
Cook the couscous in a pan of boiling salted water for 8-10 mins until tender (don’t overcook it – you want it a bit under so it can soak up the juices from the tomato), then drain really well. Cool for 10 mins then toss with the tomato and onion mixture.
step 3
Blend all the dressing ingredients with 1 tbsp water and ½ tsp sea salt until smooth. Drizzle some over the couscous, then serve the rest on the side for people to help themselves.