Couscous mozzarella and cherry tomato salad

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 15 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Ingredients

2. STEP 2

   

   Mix the couscous with a pinch of salt and pour boiling water in a 1:1 ratio, cover with a lid and leave for 7-10 minutes.

3. STEP 3

   

   While the couscous is steaming, let's take care of the vegetables. We cut cherry tomatoes into 2-4 parts depending on size.

4. STEP 4

   

   Cut the onion into small cubes.

5. STEP 5

   

   We also cut half of the bell pepper into cubes.

6. STEP 6

   

   Cut the mozzarella into cubes, and if you use small balls, you can leave them whole or cut them into 2 parts.

7. STEP 7

   

   Finely chop the basil leaves.

8. STEP 8

   

   In a bowl, mix cherry tomatoes, peppers, mozzarella, onion and basil. Add salt, pepper, 2 tbsp. olive oil and stir. Fluff the steamed couscous with a fork and add to the vegetables, stir. You can serve.

9. STEP 9

   

   Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Marikusya

25.08.2023

4.5

Oh! I always love your recipes so much! They are all so interesting! I myself recently started eating couscous, I appreciated all its advantages, now I try to cook with it more often. May I ask a question? It's kind of like risotto, right? Mozzarella, tomatoes, everything seems to be Italian. But I don’t understand why it’s called a salad?

Irisha

25.08.2023

5

MARIKUSYA, thank you, I’m glad you liked the recipe. Risotto is prepared using a completely different technology, and it is called a salad, since all vegetables are used without heat treatment. But at its core, it’s both a salad and a side dish rolled into one :)

Guest

25.08.2023

4.5

Wonderful recipe. Very quick to prepare. tasty and healthy . Great for those on a diet. Irisha, Thanks for the recipe

Guest

25.08.2023

4.7

Here's my salad