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Mediterranean Vegetable & Tabouli Couscous

  • Prep 10 mins
  • Cooking 35 mins
  • Serves 2
  • Difficulty Easy

Get your taste of the Mediterranean with our delicious couscous recipe.

Ingredients

Ingredients

Couscous

200g kent pumpkin, sliced into small wedges
½ large zucchini, cut into half-moons
½ medium red capsicum, sliced
½ Lebanese cucumber, diced
½ tomato, diced
½ eggplant, cut into half-moons
Pinch mixed herbs and cracked pepper.
75g dried couscous, cooked to recipe
½ bunch parsley, finely diced
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/3 cups cooked chickpeas
3 tbsp homemade tzatziki

 

Tzatziki Sauce

1 cup unsweetened Greek yoghurt
½ cucumber grated
½ lemon, squeezed
Salt and pepper

Method

    1. Step 1

      Prepare the tzatziki sauce by mixing in a small bowl yoghurt, cucumber, lemon juice and salt and pepper. Keep refrigerated in an airtight container

    2. Step 2

      Pre-heat fan-forced oven to 180°C

    3. Step 3

      Place eggplant, zucchini, capsicum and pumpkin on a baking tray and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil, mixed herbs and pepper and bake for 25 minutes until roasted

    4. Step 4

      In the last 10 minutes, toss chickpeas on a tray to coat in the oil and bake for the remaining time

    5. Step 5

      Whilst vegetables are roasting, prepare couscous to recipe instructions and set aside

    6. Step 6

      Finely chop parsley and cut cucumber and tomato into small cubes. Combine parsley, cucumber and tomato in a medium bowl until mixed together

    7. Step 7

      When vegetables are roasted, let cool for 5-10 minutes then combine with couscous tabouli mixture and serve evenly between two bowls

    8. Step 8

      Dress salad with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and tzatziki

  1. Additional Comments

    1. The tzatziki sauce can be prepared in advance and stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.