Couscous & French Beans Salad with Chickpeas & Cucumber

Name: Couscous & French Beans Salad with Chickpeas & Cucumber
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup couscous; 1/2 cup black chickpeas, boiled; 1 cup french beans, finely chopped & boiled al dente; 1 small cucumber, chopped into small pieces; to taste salt; 1/2 tsp. pepper powder; 1-2 tbsp. olive oil; 1/2 tsp. mustard seeds; 1 dry red chilly; 2 fresh red chilies, chopped; 2-3 tbsp. feta cheese, crumbled

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

#SoupSalad - This is a very healthy salad with the goodness of couscous, french beans, black chickpeas and cucumber. A great light meal for any weight watchers. I added some feta cheese to add a punch to the salad.

I also gave a tempering of mustard seeds, dry red chilies and asafoetida, which was later poured over the prepared salad at the time of serving. It gives a complete new dimension to any ordinary salad. Just try it and you will not be disappointed.

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Saved

Ingredients

1/2 cupcouscous
1/2 cupblack chickpeas, boiled
1 cupfrench beans, finely chopped & boiled al dente
1small cucumber, chopped into small pieces
to tastesalt
1/2 tsp.pepper powder
1-2 tbsp.olive oil
1/2 tsp.mustard seeds
1dry red chilly
2fresh red chilies, chopped
2-3 tbsp.feta cheese, crumbled

Saved

Steps

1

Add 3/4 cup water to the couscous and keep it covered for 10 minutes. Fluff it up with a fork. In a bowl, combine couscous, beans, chickpeas, cucumber, salt and pepper.
2

Heat oil in a pan and temper with the red chilly and mustard seeds. Allow it to crackle. Switch off the flame.
3

Pour this tempering on the prepared salad and top it up with the fresh red chilies and crumbled feta cheese. Serve immediately for a light dinner / lunch.