Couscous salad with grilled tomatoes and sweetcorn

Total: 45 min. | Active: 30 min.
vegan, lactose-free

Ingredients

for 6 person

To cook the couscous
corn cobs
200 g Pearl couscous
  salted water, boiling
Charcoal/gas/electric grill
350 g vine-ripened cherry tomatoes
2 tbsp olive oil
½ tsp salt
organic lemons, cut in half
Dressing
5 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp dried rosemary
1 tsp garlic powder
¾ tsp salt
a little  pepper
Salad
250 g mini cucumbers, sliced
½ bunch peppermint, torn into pieces
½ bunch dill, torn into pieces

How it's done

To cook the couscous

Remove the leaves and fibres from the corn cobs. Cook the couscous and corn cobs in boiling salted water for approx. 8 mins., rinse with cold water, drain. Empty the couscous into a bowl.

Charcoal/gas/electric grill

Brush the corn cobs and tomatoes with the oil, season with salt. With the lid down, grill the tomatoes in a grill tray along with the corn cobs and lemon halves over/on a medium heat (approx. 200°C) for approx. 15 mins. all over. Remove the vegetables from the grill.

Dressing

Squeeze the juice from the grilled lemons, mix with the oil, rosemary and garlic in a bowl, season.

Salad

Remove the corn kernels from the cobs using a knife. Mix the dressing into the couscous, mix in the sweetcorn with the grilled tomatoes, cucumbers and herbs.

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