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Recipe by Estee Kafra

Colorful Couscous Salad

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Colorful Couscous Salad
Parve Parve
Medium Medium
6 Servings
Allergens

Contains

- Wheat - Gluten
3 Hours, 10 Minutes
Diets
- Vegetarian - Vegan - Pescatarian

Couscous is one of my favorite side dishes. It can easily be made on Yom Tov, and creates almost no mess. Roast the beets up to three days ahead, and this salad becomes a beautiful, quick, throw-together dish. Try to dice the vegetables into uniform pieces to create a nice effect.  

Ingredients

Main ingredients

  • 1 large purple beet

  • 2 tablespoons Bartenura Olive Oil, plus some for rubbing beets

  • 1/2 cup finely chopped onion

  • 3/4 teaspoon cumin

  • 1 and 1/2 cups whole wheat couscous, raw

  • 3/4 teaspoon Haddar Kosher Salt

  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground Gefen Black Pepper

  • 1 and 1/2 cups boiling water

  • 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

  • 1 cucumber (unpeeled), diced

  • 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped

  • 1/2 cup fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped

  • 2 cups baby spinach leaves (approximately)

  • 1 large yellow beet

Directions

Make the Salad

1.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit (200 degrees Celsius).

2.

Rub the beets in olive oil and wrap each one separately in aluminum foil. Bake for 50–60 minutes (less for smaller beets). Unwrap. When the beets are cool enough to handle, rub off the skins, dice, and set aside.

3.

Heat one tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and cumin and sauté until translucent. Add the couscous, salt, and pepper, and stir, coating the couscous pieces in the oil. Add boiling water and turn off flame, cover, and let stand for 15 minutes. Fluff with a fork and transfer to a large serving bowl.

4.

Add the reserved beets, lemon juice, cucumber, mint, parsley, and remaining one tablespoon of oil. When ready to serve, toss with the spinach leaves. Serve at room temperature.

Tips:

If you can find preserved lemons (a Sephardic or Moroccan delicacy) in your grocery store, add a few finely cut wedges for an additional wonderful flavor.  

Recipe tags

beet salad beets Best of Family Table complex carbs couscous Estee Kafra fresh herbs healthy ingredients light roasted vegetables Rosh Hashana rosh hashanah Rosh Hashanna Rosh Hashannah roshhashana simanim spinach leaves Succos Succot Sukkos sukkot whole grain whole wheat yom tov
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