Zucchini Couscous
Zucchini-Couscous is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the flower vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 300 g couscous (instant)
- Salt
- 150 g green beans
- 100 g peas (fresh or frozen)
- 1 yellow zucchini
- 1 handful mint
- 0.5 lemon (juice)
- 2 tbsp white balsamic vinegar
- 4 tbsp light sesame oil
- a pinch ground coriander
- pepper (from the mill)
- 3 zucchini flowers
Instructions
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1.
Pour about 400 ml boiling salted water over the couscous and let it swell for about 10 minutes, occasionally fluffing with a fork. Rinse, trim, and cut the beans into ~4 cm pieces; blanch in boiling salted water for about 8 minutes. Add peas during the last 2 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. Wash, trim, and slice the zucchini into ~1 cm thick sticks. Shake off excess moisture from the mint, dry, and roughly chop.
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2.
Combine the couscous with beans, peas, zucchini, and mint.
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3.
Add lemon juice, vinegar, oil, and coriander. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a large salad bowl. Gently wash, pat dry, and garnish the salad with zucchini flowers.
