Couscous & Bell Pepper Salad

Name: Couscous & Bell Pepper Salad
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup couscous; 1 cup assorted Bell peppers, sliced; 4-5 lettuce leaves, shredded; 1/2 cucumber, sliced; 2 tbsp. fried chana dal (Bengal gram lentil); to taste salt; 1/2 tsp. pepper powder; 1 tbsp. lemon juice; 1 tbsp. olive oil; 1 tbsp. mustard sauce

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

#healthysalads - A simple and an easy salad of couscous, which is very much used in Mediterranean cuisine. I added some fried chana dal to give a crunchy effect to the salad. The mustard sauce also adds a zing to the end product. A light dinner to be relished to keep you satiated.

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

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Ingredients

1/2 cupcouscous
1 cupassorted Bell peppers, sliced
4-5lettuce leaves, shredded
1/2cucumber, sliced
2 tbsp.fried chana dal (Bengal gram lentil)
to tastesalt
1/2 tsp.pepper powder
1 tbsp.lemon juice
1 tbsp.olive oil
1 tbsp.mustard sauce

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Steps

1

Add 1/2 cup hot water to the couscous and cover it. Let it stand for 15 minutes. Then fluff it with a fork and combine with bell peppers, cucumber, lettuce and the fried chana dal.
2

Before serving, add the salt, pepper powder, olive oil and lemon juice and toss well. Serve, garnished with mustard sauce.