Peppers, courgettes and onions roasted with cumin and harissa are combined with fluffy couscous, salty feta and a lemon-garlic dressing in this easy roasted vegetable couscous salad. In collaboration with Viners.
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I know I’ve said it before, but my favourite kind of meals are a mish-mash of different cuisines, textures and flavours. I like a wide variety of sensory and flavour experiences when I eat.
Roasted vegetable couscous salad is one of those multi-textured dishes – you’ve got your soft couscous spiked with lemon and harissa, your salty feta cheese, your crispy and crunchy roasted peppers and courgettes. It’s a perfect accompaniment to Egyptian lamb meatballs cooked in tomato sauce (a new recipe I was trying from Amina’s Home Cooking), squeaky Greek halloumi cheese with a drizzle of fiery chilli oil and toasted cumin-spiked hummus with a drizzle of lemon olive oil.
This roasted vegetable couscous salad is also super easy to make too, and the spoonful of harissa paste gives it a nice little kick. Fire, I tell you, I want all the fire! I always serve a side of cooling yoghurt though, for those who need it.
This is one of those meals where you can leisurely potter about your kitchen enjoying the experience of cooking and combining flavours. A good quality knife set certainly helps with it comes to prepping your vegetables.
Ingredients needed
- 1 red pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1 courgette
- 4 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red onion
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp harissa paste
- 250 grams couscous
- 1/2 pint hot vegetable stock
- 1 lemon – zest & juice
- 1 handful flat-leaf parsley
- 100 grams feta cheese
- salt & pepper to taste
Equipment needed
- sharp knives – I’m using Viners Titan 6-Piece Copper Knife Set
- baking sheet – I use a black iron one from the Netherton Foundry in Shropshire
- small mixing bowl
- lemon zester & juicer
- fork – I’ve got the Viner’s Mayfair Cutlery Set
- measuring spoons
- measuring jug
- large serving bowl
Instructions
- Cut the red pepper, yellow pepper and courgette into bite-sized pieces. Place on a baking tray with the garlic (leave it unpeeled) and drizzle with 2 tbsp of the olive oil. Roast at 200 C/ 180 C fan for 20 minutes.
- Add the red onion, quartered, cumin seeds and harissa and roast for a further 10-20 minutes. Cool.
- Meanwhile, pour the hot vegetable stock over the dry couscous. Cover and leave for five minutes.
- Prepare the salad dressing by combining the remaining olive oil with the juice and zest of one lemon and with the roasted garlic.
- Finely chop plenty of flat-leaf parsley and mix together with the couscous, roasted vegetables, feta cheese and salad dressing.
- Serve at room temperature.
Video: Roasted Vegetable Couscous Salad
Peppers, courgettes and onions roasted with cumin and harissa are combined with fluffy couscous, salty feta and a lemon-garlic dressing in this easy roasted vegetable couscous salad.
Viners Titan 6-Piece Copper Knife Set
Regular readers will know I moved house this summer. I took very little with me, just what I needed and a few personal items that meant something to me. It was a perfect time to declutter and start afresh.
One of the things I did take with me into my new home was this gorgeous Titan 6-piece copper knife set from Viners. Made from a unique durable titanium coating in a lustrous copper colour, it matches my new kitchen (and the copper tri-ply pan set I’ve had since 2013) absolutely perfectly.
Taper ground blades are made from high-quality stainless steel creating a harder blade that maintains its sharp cutting edge. I’ve been using this knife set since May, and it looks just as good today as it did the day it arrived. They’re an absolute pleasure to work with, and I think they look rather fabulous in my food photography too – they’re quite striking with their distinctive colouring.
Each set retails for £84 and comes with a 10-year guarantee.
Set contents:
- 1 x 8″ Chef knife (333mm)
- 1 x 8″ Carving knife (333mm)
- 1 x 8″ Bread knife (333mm)
- 1 x 4.5″ Utility knife ( 249mm)
- 1 x 3.5″ Paring knife (210mm)
- 1 x Magnetic block (260x201x120 mm with stand)
Recipe: Roasted Vegetable Couscous Salad
Ingredients
- 1 red pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1 courgette
- 4 garlic cloves unpeeled
- 1 red onion
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp harissa paste
- 250 grams couscous
- 1/2 pint vegetable stock
- 1 lemon zest & juice
- 1 handful flat-leaf parsley chopped
- 100 grams feta cheese
- salt to taste
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cut the red pepper, yellow pepper and courgette into bite-sized pieces.
- Place the vegetables on a baking tray along with the garlic (leave it unpeeled) and drizzle with 2 tbsp of the olive oil.
- Roast at 200 °C/ 180 °C fan for 20 minutes.
- Add the quartered red onion, cumin seeds and harissa paste and roast for a further 10-20 minutes.
- Cool, reserving the garlic for the salad dressing.
- Meanwhile, pour the hot vegetable stock over the dry couscous. Cover and leave for five minutes.
- Prepare the salad dressing by combining the remaining olive oil along with the juice and zest of one lemon and the roasted garlic.
- Finely chop plenty of flat-leaf parsley and mix together with the couscous, roasted vegetables, feta cheese and salad dressing.
- Serve at room temperature.
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Giveaway: Viners Titan Copper Knife Set
Viners have very kindly sent me a second Titan 6-Piece Copper Knife Set for one of my UK readers to win. To enter, simply fill out the Rafflecopter form below. UK entries only, aged 18 or over. Entry into our giveaways indicates you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions. No purchase is necessary. Giveaway ends at midnight Tuesday 1 Octber 2019, that’s Monday night/Tuesday morning.
Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary was sent a complimentary Viners Titan Copper Knife Set for review and one to give away. All thoughts and opinions expressed are our own.
Mum of three, daydream adventurer, OU Life Sciences graduate, occasional crafter, ex-pat Canadian & quite possibly Britain's most northerly food blogger.
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Michelle Ferguson says
I love the knives, the recipe it not for my as not really a fan of couscous
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I’ve never been a fan of couscous but this certainly looks tastier than I have encountered before. I love the knives and that they have a magnetic block.
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This recipe looks great, am less sure I’ll be able to convince my kids who tend to view couscous with distrust! . Knives look fabulous, love the fact they keep their edge I seem to be forever sharpening mine
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The knives look fantastic too
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they look great to work with and i do like couscous!
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ive never really been a big fan of couscous but this sounds very nice and the knives are great as mine are useless
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This salad looks delicious! I cannot wait to make it.
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johanna @ green gourmet giraffe says
This looks delicious – I want to make more couscous salads but as with all grain salads I get annoyed at how a huge pile of vegies just gets swamped by the grains – I really love the way you serve it – perhaps that is the key with these grain salads
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I do a simple roast veg couscous but I love your addition of feta , harissa paste & cumin seeds I bet it really adds another level of flavour, the knives are gorgeous I love the colour.
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I will be trying a variant of the above recipe soon as it appears tasty and healthy too!
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