20 Jun Sweet potato couscous
Broccoli, sweet potatoes and corn are the heroes but you could easily add pomegranate, chick peas and spices like cumin, coriander & cinnamon to take this dish to the next level. Combine fluffy couscous with steamed broccoli, corn and baked sweet potato. Top with toasted pine nuts and a zesty oil and lemon dressing for a knock-out, hearty vegetable salad.
Ingredients
Prep | Unit | Serves 30 | |
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Sweet potato , orange flesh, peeled or unpeeled fresh or frozen raw | Chop | kg | 1.3 |
Oil spray , canola | ml | 60 | |
Broccoli , fresh or frozen, raw | kg | 2 | |
Corn , kernels, canned | g | 500 | |
vegetable stock | l | 2.5 | |
Couscous , uncooked | kg | 1.6 | |
Nut , pine, raw unsalted | g | 400 | |
Avocado , raw | kg | 2 | |
Mint , raw | g | 190 | |
Oil , olive | ml | 200 | |
Lemon , raw | Juice | ml | 200 |
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
- Place sweet potato onto a baking tray. Spray with oil and bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Cut the broccoli into small florets. Steam broccoli and corn kernels.
- In a saucepan bring stock to the boil. Place couscous in a large bowl and pour over heated stock and rake with a fork.
- Let the couscous sit for 5 min then rake again.
- Mix in broccoli, corn kernels, sweet potato and pine nuts. Peel and cut the avocado’s into 2cm chunks and mix.
- Pick mint leaves and scatter through the couscous.
- Drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice to serve.
Dietary Suitability
Healthy Choices | Suitable for healthy choices as is. | |
Vegetarian Diet | Suitable for vegetarian diet. | |
Fortified | Stir through butter or oil. Sprinkle with grated cheese before serving. | |
Gluten Free | Replace couscous with rice. Stock may contain gluten; choose gluten free stock. | |
Dairy Free | Suitable for dairy free diet. | |
Pureed | Suitable to be pureed. Omit mint leaves and corn kernels. |
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