Name: Couscous salad
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients: 2 small onions, halved and sliced paper thin; 150 g quick-cook couscous; around 500 ml sunflower oil or light olive oil, for frying; 3 tablespoons olive oil; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon, to garnish; ground black pepper; 35 g fresh mint, leaves roughly chopped; 50 g fresh parsley, leaves finely chopped; 40 g sour cherries, roughly but fairly finely chopped; finely grated zest of 1 medium unwaxed lemon and juice of ½ lemon; 2 large handfuls of good, wrinkly, salty, little black olives, pitted; 35 g fresh dill, fronds roughly chopped; 2 teaspoons flaked sea salt, plus extra to season; 50 g green sultanas (or failing that, golden or standard ones); 1 medium cucumber, peeled, deseeded and finely diced; 250 ml boiling water; 80 g shelled pistachio nuts; 50 g dried barberries (optional); 50 g shelled walnuts, broken up; 1 medium red onion, finely diced; 4 large vine tomatoes, deseeded and medium diced

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

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By Valentine Warner

Published 2014

About

The point here is that the couscous should be swarming with treats and colours. You shouldn’t be having to inspect little flecks as if they infiltrated via a messy cook. This is great served with barbecued lamb.

Ingredients

1 medium cucumber, peeled, deseeded and finely diced
2 teaspoons flaked sea salt, plus extra to season
around

Vegan

Method

Mix the cucumber with the sea salt and tip into a colander set over a bowl. Leave to drain for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile pour the sunflower or light olive oil into a saucepan (it should be about 2.5cm deep) and fry the onions over a medium heat, moving them often, for 1½-2 minutes until golden brown. Remove the onions with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper

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