Cous Cous Salad, Healthy Cous Cous Salad

by Tarla Dalal

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Couscous is a traditional North African food, quite similar to semolina and broken wheat, which is cooked and combined with veggies and other ingredients to make hearty salads .

Here is a lip-smacking Couscous Salad, made with broken wheat and an interesting assortment of veggies including cucumber and broccoli. Mushrooms are added to impart a chewy dimension to this multi-textured salad, while tomatoes add juiciness and tang to it.

This nutri-dense salad is delicately flavoured with mint and lemon juice. There is no oily dressing, and the ingredients are rich in fibre, which makes this Healthy Couscous Salad a wonderful snack for diabetics .

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Preparation Time: 25 mins Cooking Time: 10 mins Total Time: 35 mins 6Makes 6 servings
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Ingredients

1/2 cup broken wheat (dalia)
1/2 tsp oil for cooking
salt to taste
1 cup cucumber cubes
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 cup blanched broccoli florets
1 cup sliced and blanched mushrooms (khumbh)
1 cup lettuce , torn into small pieces
1/4 cup finely chopped mint leaves (phudina)
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
freshly ground black pepper (kalimirch) to taste

Method

Boil enough water in a deep non-stick pan, add the salt and oil and mix well.
Add the broken wheat, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 7 minutes, while stirring ocassinally.
Drain well and refresh with cold water.
Combine all the ingredients, along with the cooked broken wheat in a deep bowl and toss well.
Serve immediately.