Moroccan Couscous Salad

Moroccan Couscous Salad

cooking time 20 mins
serves 6

I love this salad, I came up with the recipe after having so many tasteless and boring couscous salads. Couscous is like pasta it has little flavour, but is an amazing vehicle for big bold flavours. We had this for dinner last night with grilled lamb back straps. The great thing about this salad is that you can make it ahead of time, make extra so you have it for lunch the next day.

Ingredients

1 large sweet potato peeled and cut into 1.5cm cubes
1-1/2 cups couscous
1 teas cumin powder
1/2 teas mixed spice powder
2 teas coriander powder
2 tbs olive oil
1 cup chopped parsley
1 cup chopped coriander
1/2 cup mint shreded
4 spring onions chopped
extra 1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup sherry vinegar
1/2 cup pistachio nuts
1 teas salt
1/2 teas cracked pepper

Directions

Pre heat oven to 200c, place sweet potato in a bowl with the oil, cumin, mixed spice and coriander toss, place on a baking tray and cook for 15 mins , dont over cook it as you dont won't to end up with a mash in your salad. Meanwhile put coucous into a seperate bowl and pour 1-1/2 cups boiling water over the top cover with cking film and let stand for 10 minutes. Prepare the fresh herbs and spring onions. Using a fork gently fluff the couscous, add the cooked sweet poato, the fresh herbs, spring onions and the pistachio nuts. Combine the extra olive oil, vinegar, salt and peper in a jar shake well and pour over the coucous . Gently toss, being carful not to break up the sweet potato.