Couscous salad

Recipes / Salads

This fluffy couscous salad with cranberries, cucumber and herbs makes a delicious lunch or side dish.

Recipe «Couscous salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 3/4 cup Greek-style yoghurt, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 1/2 cups couscous, 1/3 cup dried cranberries , 1 continental cucumber, halved, sliced, 1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley, 1/4 cup chopped mint, plus extra sprig to serve , 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil.

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup Greek-style yoghurt 
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed 
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice 
  • 1 1/2 cups couscous 
  • 1/3 cup dried cranberries 
  • 1 continental cucumber, halved, sliced 
  • 1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley 
  • 1/4 cup chopped mint, plus extra sprig to serve 
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 

Instructions

  1. Combine the yoghurt, garlic and lemon juice in a small bowl. Season.
  2. Stir couscous and 1 1/2 cups boiling water in a heatproof bowl. Cover and stand for 3 mins. Fluff with a fork. Stand, covered, for a further 3 mins. Fluff again. Cool for 10 mins.
  3. Add the cranberries, cucumber, herbs and oil to the couscous. Season and toss to coat.
  4. Top with mint sprig and drizzle over yoghurt mixture.