Ground Beef and Couscous Salad

This is a recipe from Austrian TV personality, politician and TVChef Sarah Wiener. 

The original recipe is made with Bulgour, but I have lots of Couscous at home and no Bulgour. No big deal, this salad is a winner.

The couscous does not need cooking time. Just boil water in a kettle and get the right ratio from couscous to water in a bowl. I added some of my vegstock paste for flavour. Just give it a stir and put a lid on and let it sit 5 to 8 min. Stir well and its done.

Shallot and spring onion and garlic cloves chopped and sauteed in some olive oil, seasoned with salt and pepper. The ground beef goes in and is stirred in small pieces.

Next a chopped red bell pepper goes in together with some more seasoning of salt and pepper. It takes a couple of minutes and then you can take the pan off the heat.

In the meantime I soaked 3 tbsp of sultanas in water and grated a carrot.

Now the final stage is reached: grab a bigger bowl and put in couscous, sultanas, carrot, ground cumin, ground coriander and ground garam masala. Add the stuff from the pan and squeeze a lemon on top.

Add olive oil and white balsamic vinegar to taste and a whole bunch of fresh chopped parsley.

Adjust the seasoning and serve either warm or fridge cold.

Ingredients:

100 g couscous

150 ml hot veg stock

200 g beef mince

1 tbsp olive oil

1 shallot, 1 spring onion, 3 garlic cloves

1 red bell pepper

1 carrot grated

3 tbsp sultanas soaked

1 tsp ground cumin, coriander, garam masala

1 lemon

1 bunch parsley

5 tbsp olive oil

2 tbsp white balsamic vinegar

Salt and pepper