Summer Soy chunk nutty couscous

Name: Summer Soy chunk nutty couscous
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 cup couscous; handful nuts (peanut, almonds, cashew, sunflower seeds); spoonful oil; 2 boiled, peeled, diced potatoes; 1 green bellpepper; half onion; leaves salad leaves/coriander; 1 cup soy chunks; salt; blackpepper (optional); turmeric (optional)

Sameera Sood @sameera_sood

Bristol UK

My love for salads in summers is real. I opted for a quick soy chunks nutty coucous salad with pitta, in our backyard. If you are a vegan or vegetarian or just like to experiement with food, I would highly recommend trying soy chunks. The texture is quite similar to chicken, and it is so nutricious. My three year old loves it. We had our dinner picnic style in the backyard.

Sameera Sood @sameera_sood

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 cupcouscous
handfulnuts (peanut, almonds, cashew, sunflower seeds)
spoonfuloil
2boiled, peeled, diced potatoes
1green bellpepper
halfonion
leavessalad leaves/coriander
1 cupsoy chunks
salt
blackpepper (optional)
turmeric (optional)

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Steps

1

Boil two cups of water. Add half teaspoon salt, and turmeric. Now add soy chunks in the pot for about 10 minutes on medium flame. Let it cool, squeeze the water from the chunks. Keep them aside.
2

In a pan, add the spoonful oil. Roast the nuts till they turn a bit golden brown like in the picture below.
3

The trick to get perfectly boiled couscous is the water to couscous ratio. It should always be 1:1.5 so if you are adding 1 cup of couscous, add 1.5 cups of water. Boil the water, add coucous to it. Let it boil on medium flame till the water evaporates. It should look like this. It won't be sticky or gooey at the end rather every grain should easily seperate.
4

In a bowl, add chopped red onion, bellpepper, salad/coriander leaves, soy chunks, nuts, potatoes. Give it a good shake with a spoon. And that's it.