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Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Orange,Harissa and Giant Cous Cous Salad



This is a beautifully, light and refreshing salad, it compliments any meat or fish dish, or is great by its self.
It has a smoky kick from the harissa and a sweet note from the oranges with a slight tang from the lemon, the combination of flavours tingle your taste buds.

The whole dish is 5 syns on extra easy

It goes great with Griddled Chermoula Pork


Serves 6 as a side dish and 4 as a main

Ingredients

1 packet of giant cous cous, cooked as per packet instructions
4 oranges, 1 juiced, the rest segmented 2 syns
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp harissa 3 syns
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 red onion finely chopped
10 cherry tomatoes quartered
half a cucumber, peeled and de seeded, then finely chopped
handful of each coriander leaves and mint leaves, chopped

Method

Mix together the orange juice, harissa, lemon juice, cumin and ground coriander.
In a large bowl combine the rest of the ingredients, then stir in the dressing, leave to stand for 30 minutes then serve.



2 comments:

  1. This looks delicious :) Sorry to be a pain but how much lemon juice do you add, couldn't see it in the ingredients. Thinking of doing this for tasting session at our group this week .... They loved your Balsamic & Orange Orzo last time :) xx

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    1. Thanks for pointing that out, it is 1 tbsp of lemon juice. I will put that right. So glad you are enjoying the recipes xx

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