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Couscous salad with veggies, chickpeas, mint and olive oil dressing is fabulous for a packed lunch or light supper. I spiced it with green crushed green chillies but any spices and herbs can be included as per the taste and preference.

Couscous is small pasta made of semolina, a form of wheat. It can be eaten as a side dish, salad and you can use it in place of rice or quinoa. Including couscous provides essential nutrients and help to provide a good source of lean, vegetarian protein.

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 15mins
Cooking time: 10mins

Ingredients:

• Couscous-1/2cup
• Finely chopped onion-1num
• Finely chopped cucumber- 1/2cup
• Finely chopped tomato-1num
• Cooked chickpeas/garbanzo beans- 200gms/1can
• Mint leaves- a handful
• Green chilli-2num
• Coriander-1/2cup
• Black salt/rock salt-1/2tsp
• Olive oil-1tbsp
• Lemon juice-as per taste

Procedure:

• Crush mint, Coriander, chilli in the blender to fine paste.
• Boil 1cup water and soak couscous for 5-10 mins.
• In a bowl add chopped onion, cucumber, tomato, garbanzo beans, crushed mint-coriander-chilli, rock salt, lemon juice, couscous and mix well until combined.

Drizzle olive oil serve immediately.

Note:

    <li>Couscous can be replaced with Quinoa</li>
<li>Feel free to use any pulses/sprouts of your choice</li>
<li>Can replace rock salt with table salt, green chilli with cayenne pepper/ paprika</li>