Couscous & Grilled Tofu salad

Couscous is one of my favorite ingredients and am incorporating it in many Indian based recipes too. This salad can be put together within few minutes and its vegan too. Instead of Tofu you could also add grilled halloumi or paneer too incase if you are not a vegan

I have used only basic ingredients for preparing the marinade. The salad can be served cold as well. Hence you could prepare the Couscous mixture well in advance and can refrigerate for later use. Grill the Tofu just before serving

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Couscous & Grilled Tofu salad

Course

salad

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup Couscous
• 450 g Tofu - (I used Cauldron Water-Packed )
• 1 Cucumber
• 1 Tomato
• 1 Capsicum (Red/Yellow/Green)
• 1/4 cup Lettuce leaves Chopped
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 2 tbsps Olive Oil
• 1/2 tsp Salt

For Marinade :

• 1/4 Cup Lemon Juice
• 1 tbsp Olive Oil
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tbsp Black Pepper Powder
• 2 tbsps Oregano Dried Leaves

Course salad Prep Time 20 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes Servings Ingredients 1 cup Couscous 450 g Tofu - (I used Cauldron Water-Packed ) 1 Cucumber 1 Tomato 1 Capsicum (Red/Yellow/Green) 1/4 cup Lettuce leaves Chopped 4 cloves Garlic 2 tbsps Olive Oil 1/2 tsp Salt For Marinade : 1/4 Cup Lemon Juice 1 tbsp Olive Oil 1/2 tsp Salt 1/2 tbsp Black Pepper Powder 2 tbsps Oregano Dried Leaves

Instructions

1. In a wide bowl mix all the ingredients mentioned under 'For Marinade' section
2. Keep a tbsp of this mixture separately
3. Cut Tofu into rectangle shaped thick pieces and marinate them in the mixture. Make sure the Tofu is well covered with all the spices,herbs
4. Refrigerate for 30 minutes
5. In the meantime, boil 1 cup of water in a sauce pan and add a pinch of salt,oil
6. Once they come to rolling boil, add in couscous and turn off the flame.
7. Close the pan with a lid. Let it get cooked covered for 10 minutes
8. Chop all the vegetable finely and mix everything together along with a pinch of salt
9. Once the couscous is cooled down, add in to the veggies mixture along with the remaining marinade
10. Heat a grill pan and grill the Tofu pieces on both sides
11. Place the hot grilled Tofu on top of couscous mixture
12. Healthy, vegan salad is ready to be served. You can squeeze some extra lime juice if you want.