Middle Eastern Salad | Mash Direct

This Middle Eastern salad recipe is a breeze to make and full of fresh ingredients!

What you need

Ingredients

1 Pack of Mash Direct Carrot and Parsnip Fries
120g Dried Cous Cous
1/2 Tin Chick Peas
1 Tsp Smoked Paprika
1 Tsp Ground Cumin
2.5 Tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
2.5 Tbsp Olive Oil
2 Spring Onions
1 Tomato
1 Tbsp Pomegranate Seeds
1 Sprig Mint
1 Sprig Parsley
50g Watercress
75g Feta
30g Natural Yogurt
Sea Salt
2 Toasted Pittas

Recipe method

- Preheat the oven and cook your carrot and parsnip fries as per pack instructions.

- Drain your chickpeas and mix them with your smoked paprika, cumin and a good pinch of sea salt.

- Heat a frying pan on a high heat and add in your coated chickpeas, fry on high heat for around 4-5 minutes till crispy, and leave to one side to cool.

- Boil Kettle, put your couscous in a bowl and just cover with boiling water. Cover the bowl with a plate and leave to one side for 5 minutes.

- Mix Together Your Feta and natural yoghurt till smooth.

- Remove the leaves from both your herbs and finely dice.

- Finely dice your tomato and spring onion.

- Mix your couscous with a spoon, the water should have been fully absorbed and the grains should be light and fluffy.

- Add in your oil, lemon, herbs, tomato, spring onion and a pinch of sea salt to your couscous.

- Toast your Pitta Bread.

- Mix in your carrot and parsnip fries with your couscous.

- Serve in a large serving dish to share.

- Top with your crispy chickpeas, a few watercress leaves, dollops of your whipped feta cheese and finish with a sprinkling of pomegranate seeds.

- Serve with your toasted pitta sliced into triangles.

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