Heat half teaspoon of oil in a pan. Remove skin and dry roast garlic pods until they turn golden brown in color
In a mixie jar add basil leaves, nuts, garlic,salt,black pepper powder and olive oil
Grind for a minute. Later mix the cheese slices and lemon juice
Grind it a smooth paste. If you want a coarse paste you can grind it for less than a minute until preferred consistency is achieved
Adjust salt and delicious Pesto is ready now. You can add this to Pasta, use it as a dip to snack, spread it on toast too
Couscous Salad Prep
Wash and clean Cousocus
Boil 2 cups of water in a kettle or boil in a vessel
Add 2 cups of Boiling water to Couscous and close the bowl with a plate
Leave it for 5 minutes and you can see the Couscous all fluffed up
Transfer it to a sieve and let the extra water get drained
In the meantime chop all the veggies finely
Take a bowl add Couscous, chopped veggies, salad leaves, freshly made Basil Pesto, Red Kidney Beans
Drizzle Olive oil and a pinch of salt. Since we didn’t add salt while cooking Couscous and for other raw veggies this final drizzle of oil & salt will help in bringing the salad together.
Healthy, filling salad is ready in less than 30 minutes
Couscous Pesto Salad | Basil Pesto Salad | How to cook Couscous | Easy Pesto Recipe was last modified: June 6th, 2020 by