Curried Chickpea Couscous Salad | Formidable Kitchen

You might have seen that I’ve been on couscous kick over the previous couple of years. Pearl couscous, to be particular, as a result of it’s so versatile, simple to prepare dinner with, and is the proper grain to make use of for those who’re craving each pasta and quinoa or rice.

To date I’ve added this gnocchi-like grain to my well-known hen soup, plus cozy one pot meals, and even my newest meatball bowl recipe. This lovely curried chickpea couscous salad is my first chilly salad recipe utilizing it, and OMG I’m in love.

If you happen to bear in mind this Moroccan-Impressed Chickpea Quinoa Salad that I first shared again in 2018 (the OG AK readers know), this couscous salad has the same taste profile that, in my view, will get much more scrumptious with the addition of couscous. Every chunk is bursting with candy and savory flavors you’ll crave. Meal prep it to your week or share it as a enjoyable, distinctive aspect dish at your subsequent BBQ!

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Every part you’ll must make this curry couscous salad

This lovely curried chickpea couscous salad has a scrumptious number of flavors and textures due to a handful of enjoyable mix-ins and one of the best dressing. Right here’s what you’ll must make it:

• Pearl couscous: I like utilizing pearl couscous as the bottom for tons of my recipes as a result of the little gnocchi-like pearls get good and tender. You’ll prepare dinner it in water with slightly salt.
• Chickpeas: a can of chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans) provides a stunning increase of plant-based protein to the salad.
• Veggies & herbs: we’re tossing in pink bell pepper, shredded carrot, pink onion, and recent parsley and cilantro.
• Combine-ins: add slightly sweetness from Medjool dates or dried tart cherries, plus a scrumptious crunch out of your fav combination of nuts! I like including toasted sliced almonds, roasted cashews, and roasted pistachios.
• Dressing: we’re utilizing my well-known curry tahini dressing, which is the proper mix of candy and savory.

Can I make this salad gluten-free?

Sure, it’s really easy! Merely swap the pearl couscous for 8 ounces of gluten-free orzo or quinoa. Each will probably be scrumptious.

Make this curried chickpea couscous salad your means

There are just a few simple swaps I can suggest to customise this salad to your style preferences:

• Preserve it nut free. Merely omit the nut combination, or toss in a seed combination like sunflower seeds.
• Decide your dried fruit. If you happen to don’t have any dates or dried cherries readily available, be at liberty to make use of dried cranberries, raisins, or golden raisins!
• Enhance the veggies. Be at liberty to get artistic right here! I believe recent finely chopped roasted cauliflower or just a few cups of finely chopped uncooked broccoli can be good.
• Add additional protein. Serve this salad with my Baked or Grilled Honey Mustard Hen or my Honey Lemon Garlic Salmon for a full meal.

Extra dressing choices

Belief me once I say the curry tahini dressing is UNREAL and so scrumptious on this salad. However, for those who’re not a fan of curry flavors, you may strive my Thai-Impressed Peanut Dressing or my Sesame Ginger Dressing.

Vegan curried couscous salad in 3 easy steps

1. Prepare dinner the couscous. Begin by cooking the couscous with water and salt in the same means you’d with rice. As soon as it’s cooked, switch it to a big sieve and rinse it with chilly water to chill it. Add it to a big bowl.
2. Add the mix-ins. Add the chickpeas, plus the greens, herbs, dried fruit, and nuts to the bowl with the couscous.
3. Toss within the dressing. Pour the dressing everywhere in the salad and toss till every part is properly coated. Style and add salt and pepper as wanted, then take pleasure in!

Retailer it for later

This vegan curry chickpea couscous salad is ideal for meal prep as a result of it’s going to keep good in an hermetic glass container within the fridge for as much as 5 days. You might even retailer it in mason jars for fast on-the-go lunches!

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Curried Chickpea Couscous Salad

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time 10 minutes minutes

Whole Time 20 minutes minutes

ServesServes 4 servings

Flavorful curried chickpea couscous salad crammed with recent herbs, crunchy nuts, and slightly sweetness from dried fruit. Toss all of it within the BEST creamy curry tahini dressing and benefit from the good plant-based lunch or aspect dish that stays good for days! Choices to make it a fuller meal with grilled hen or salmon.

Substances

• Couscous:
• 1 ½ cups water
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup pearl couscous*
• For the salad:
• 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 giant carrot, shredded
• 1 pink bell pepper, diced
• ⅓ cup chopped recent parsley
• ⅓ cup chopped recent cilantro
• ¼ cup finely diced pink onion
• ½ cup chopped Medjool dates or dried tart cherries
• ⅔ cup mixture of toasted sliced almonds, roasted cashews and roasted pistachios (no matter combine of those nuts you could have readily available is nice!)
• Dressing:
• 1 batch curry tahini dressing
• Additional recent floor salt and pepper, to style

Directions

• Put together the couscous: In a medium pot, add the water and salt and produce to a boil. Instantly stir within the couscous and return to a boil. Scale back warmth to low, cowl, and prepare dinner for 8 to 10 minutes till the entire liquid is absorbed. Switch to a big sieve and rinse the couscous with chilly water for about 1 minute, till couscous has cooled. Switch to a big bowl.

• Within the giant bowl with the couscous, add within the chickpeas, shredded carrot, bell pepper, parsley, cilantro, onion, dates or cherries and mixture of nuts.

• Put together the dressing, then pour over salad and use tongs or a big spoon to toss the salad with the dressing till properly coated. Style and add additional salt and pepper, as obligatory.

• To retailer: Retailer leftovers in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 5 days.

Recipe Notes

Enhance the veggies: This may be scrumptious with recent finely chopped roasted cauliflower or perhaps a few cups of finely chopped uncooked broccoli florets.
I recommend serving this with my honey mustard hen or my honey lemon salmon for a full meal.
*To make gluten free: sub in 8 ounces of gluten free orzo for the pearl couscous. Quinoa would even be scrumptious!

Diet

Serving: 1serving (primarily based on 4)Energy: 417calProtein: 14.5gFats: 24.5gSaturated Fats: 2.4gFiber: 11.8gSugar: 16.8g