Hi guys
Kerryann here, I'm going to show you this amazing recipe from my book
it's a Turkish style couscous salad and it's inspired by my best friend
who taught me how to make it
It's delicious packed full of flavor
it's really good for you it's great on its own, it's great as a side dish
it's great as a light snack or supper. It's just great all-round.
Let me teach you, how to make it too!
In this bowl I have got 250 grams
of just plain old regular couscous.
We're gonna bring this to life with a nice pinch of salt
a nice pinch of pepper
I've got teaspoon of ground cumin
and a teaspoon of smoked paprika
and I'm going to sprinkle that over the couscous
and just stir it all in
I'm gonna grab some boiling water and
just gonna cover it. Because there is no exact measurement depends on which
vessel you're doing it in. This is quite a big bowl.
I'm gonna cover that with some cling film and put it to one side
every single little grain of couscous is going to soak up all that water
and then it's going to become nice and fluffy
and then it'll soak it up a lot quicker
Lovely. So first I've got a nice medium red onion
and I'm gonna finely chop took this. I wanna take off the end. I wanna leave the root on.
because that's gonna hold the onion together while I chop it
Cut it in half
peel it quickly, well might not be quickly
to finely chop the onion, come in closer
I'm gonna put the knife in
quite close together this time
not all the way to the root
we've got a nice fan effect now
so I'm gonna chop that up and this little root is going to hold it all together for me
that doesn't spread all over the board. You don't have to be a top chef
to be able to chop stuff small
You just have to be able to concentrate and then we'll move on to the cucumber
I've got a medium cucumber
We're just gonna chop this again really finely
Something like that
So we're left with like that kind of size
and you wanna do that with the whole cucumber
Okay now I need two medium
ripe tomatoes.Just gonna slice them
About half a centimetre thick. If you don't what half a centimeter is
it's about that thick
we're gonna chuck these in with the cucumber and onion
I love chili, so I'm not gonna take the seeds out
but if you don't like it so spicy, please by all means take them out
if you don't like chili, don't put it in
roughly roughly it doesn't need to be picture-perfect
get the Chili in there as well and we're gonna chop some herbs
Half a bunch of coriander and just run your knife through it
and then I want the same of flat leaf parsley
I've got some mint here
and now we're gonna chop it altogether
I'm just using the rocking method here
just put the tip of the knife on the pole place your hand
on the back of the knife and just rock it...backwards and forwards
that'll do.
I've brought the couscous back over
now want you to come and have a look at this guys
look at that
no water whatsoever
so we're gonna fluff up this couscous and then I'm going to add a tablespoon
of tomato puree to sort of liven it up
and bring a little richness
Now you can do this with a spoon guys
Rub it in so that every single grain is covered with the tomato puree
You'll see now that the couscous is all orange looking
and ready to take on
I've got the bowl with the chili and the tomato and the cucumber and the onion
and that's just gonna go straight in and we're gonna toss it all together
then we're gonna add in our herbs... that's the parsley
the coriander and the mint... it just smells like summer
Now I've got a nice big fat lemon and I'm gonna roll it on the bench
just applying a little bit of pressure.
All the little capsules inside the lemon
that will burst them so you'll get twice as much juice for the same price
Let's cut that...
Now I'm not going to put all off this lemon juice in
just yet, in case we use too much. My nan always told me, you can always add, but you can never take away
Same with salt
So i'm going to put half of the juice of the lemon, grab some olive oil
A nice healthy generous drizzle, remember it is a dressing
so not just a drizzle
and we'll need to add a little bit of salt.
again you can always add, but you can never take away
add a bit more pepper
give it a taste
absolutely beautiful
you can have this with Feta cheese on top
Sprinkled with a few pomegranate capsules for a vegetarian light snack
you can have it on the side with some lamb chops and my aubergine salad
there's so many different ways you can eat this... but to be fair
It's just really good on its own
so there you have it guys
simple, delicious and beautiful
my Turkish style couscous salad
give it a go, let me know how you get on let me know if there's any changes you make
anything different you do
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