Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups cous cous
- 1 red pepper, cut into squares
- 1 yellow pepper, cut into squares
- 1 brinjal, chopped
- 1 red onion, cut into 8 pieces
- 3–4 sprigs of Thyme
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 10 cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Black Pepper and Salt
Ingredients for Coriander Pesto:
- 1 cup coriander
- 6–7 pecan nuts
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Pinch of salt
- Juice of half a lime (or you could use lime juice ½ teaspoon or even lemon juice)
Instructions
- Place the cous cous in a large bowl and then pour just enough boiling water over the cous cous to cover it completely. Now allow it to stand and absorb the water.
- Place all the vegetables, thyme and garlic on a baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil and grind a little salt and pepper over the vegetables.
- bake at 180 for 30-35 minutes.
- In the meantime, make the pesto by combing all the ingredients in a bowl and mix with a stick blender or a mortar and pestle until a fine paste forms.
- Now mix the pesto into the cous cous – using your hands here is probably the easiest. Lastly, mix in the vegetables! And voila a tasty roasted vegetables cous cous salad.