Salad with couscous, tomatoes and mint

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How to Make - Couscous, Tomato, and Mint Salad

Time: 20 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4 - 6

This delicious and filling Mediterranean-style summer salad is ready in minutes, thanks to a base of couscous that steams for just 5 minutes. Top the couscous with sweet cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, and plenty of herbs like mint and parsley. Dressed with olive oil and lemon juice, the salad is rich and refreshing, while pine nuts add a delicious crunch. Serve this salad as a side dish or as a standalone vegetarian meal—it's filling and energizing for hours.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

1.5 tbsp. couscous (280 gr.)
3 cups (about 2 1/2 cups) cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
2 cucumbers, seeded and diced
Juice of 1 lemon
3 teaspoons coarse salt
2 tbsp of water
2 wide strips of lemon zest
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
A pinch of cayenne pepper
0.5 cup torn mint leaves, save the stems
0.5 cup coarsely chopped parsley, reserve stems
3 green onions, chopped
0.5 cup toasted pine nuts (optional)

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

In a bowl, combine tomatoes, cucumbers, and lemon juice with 2 teaspoons of salt. Set aside.
Place the couscous in a large bowl. Combine the water, lemon zest, 3 tablespoons of olive oil, the remaining salt, cayenne pepper, and herb stems in a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Pour the liquid over the couscous and stir to break up any clumps. Cover with a lid, plate, or plastic wrap and let sit for 5 minutes. Remove the zest and herb stems from the couscous and fluff it with a fork.