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Couscous salad with carrots, raisins and mint
A cold couscous salad with grated carrots, raisins, scallions and mint, tossed with a lemon-cumin dressing. Makes 4 servings.
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- Prep time
- 20 min
- Total time
- 20 min
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- Easy
This couscous salad with carrots and raisins is a simple Moroccan-style salad: soak couscous in hot broth, then toss with grated carrots, raisins, scallions and mint. A lemon dressing with cumin and a pinch of cinnamon brings the flavors together.
Ingredients
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Instructions
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Couscous
10 minPour the hot broth over the couscous and raisins, cover, and let stand for 5 minutes to absorb the liquid. Fluff with a fork and let cool for 5 minutes.
Dressing
Whisk the olive oil with the lemon juice, cumin, cinnamon and salt.
Vegetables
5 minCoarsely grate the carrots and slice the scallions into rounds.
Combine
Toss the couscous with the carrots, scallions, mint and dressing. Serve immediately or chilled.
Tip: Soak the raisins along with the couscous in the hot broth so they soften and absorb some of its savory flavor.
Nutrition facts
Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients
- Energy
- 387 kcal
- Protein
- 8.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 59 g
- of which sugars
- 12 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- of which saturates
- 2.0 g
- Fiber
- 6.1 g
- Salt
- 1.3 g
Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.
This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Kuskusový šalát s mrkvou, hrozienkami a mätou
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