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Couscous salad with halloumi and courgettes

Finally it’s summer again! And once again, the jump from winter to high summer with 1 million degrees at night happened overnight, of course. So after my body somehow detached itself from the couch and I finally ventured outside again after endless hours of Netflix and PlayStation, the balcony first had to be cleared out to make room for a few plants and a small barbecue. And then the barbecue finally started! In addition to delicious chicken skewers, we had this wonderfully fresh couscous salad with grilled halloumi and courgettes.

A barbecue salad or a salad for barbecuing?

I love grilling! I just love the fantastic roasted flavours that ingredients develop directly over the flame. The flavours you can tease out of vegetables, for example, are absolutely amazing. For me, grilling doesn’t necessarily have to be about meat. There are simply so many wonderful vegetarian alternatives: Halloumi and grilled vegetables in general are always high on my BBQ list. So you can imagine that this couscous salad with halloumi and grilled courgettes is pretty much to my liking 🙂

A salad that also likes to become a main course sometimes

In addition to the couscous and the delicious roasted flavours of the courgettes and halloumi, there are also a few sweet sultanas, freshly roasted pine nuts and herbs. The couscous salad is wonderfully fresh thanks to the dressing: in addition to lemon juice, half a lemon is added, complete with zest. Of course, a little garlic is also a must. In fact, the dressing was inspired by the warm chickpea salad Balila.

I’ve made the recipe for four servings, but you can also make the couscous salad with halloumi into two vegetarian main courses. If you like, you can add a dollop of fresh hummus or creamy labneh.


Recipe for Couscous Salad with Halloumi and Zucchini

Couscous Salat mit Halloumi und Zucchini
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 Servings
Calories 633

Ingredients

  • 200 g Couscous
  • 250 g Halloumi
  • 1 Zucchini (approx. 250g)
  • 1  Spring onion
  • 50 g Raisins
  • 20 g Pine nuts
  • 20 g Parsley
  • 10 g Mint

Dressing

  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1 Lemon ( of which 50 ml juice)  Organic
  • 80 ml Olive oil
  • 1/2 Tl Cumin
  • Salt, pepper

Zubereitung

Dressing

  • Wash the lemon properly, cut in half and squeeze (approx. 50 ml is needed). Finely chop one squeezed lemon half.
  • Peel the garlic and crush it finely in a mortar with a little salt. 
  • Mix the lemon juice, chopped lemon, salt, pepper, cumin, garlic and olive oil and set aside. 

Couscous salad

  • Cook the couscous according to the instructions on the packet. 
  • Toast the pine nuts briefly in a non-stick pan until they are golden brown. Then place them on a cold plate.
  • Chop the herbs. Finely slice the spring onion. 
  • Cut the courgettes lengthwise into slices, brush with a little olive oil and salt.
  • Cut the halloumi into small slices.
  • Roast the halloumi and courgettes on both sides in a grill pan or on the grill. 
  • Mix the couscous with the dressing, herbs, spring onion and sultanas and garnish with grilled vegetables and halloumi. Top the salad with pine nuts. 

Notes

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Nährwerte

Calories: 633kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Sodium: 767mg | Potassium: 407mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 659IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 667mg | Iron: 2mg

Also try the halloumi grill plate or the halloumi skewers.

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