Grilled Vegetables and Chickpeas With Couscous

Submitted by Just_Ducky!!

"Served over couscous, this vegetable-bean combination makes a complete one-dish meal with rich flavours."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 19
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 large zucchini
• 1 large yellow squash
• 1 small green bell pepper, quartered
• 1 small red bell pepper, quartered
• 1 small onion, cut into 1/4 inch thick slices
• cooking spray
• 1 cup water
• 3⁄4 cup dry couscous
• 1⁄4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon hot chili paste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3⁄4 cup grape tomatoes, halved
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can chickpeas, drained rinsed (garbanzo beans)
• crumbled feta (optional)

directions

1. Heat grill. Cut zucchini and squash lengthwise into 1/4-in thick wedges.
2. Coat grill with cooking spray; grill zucchini, squash, peppers, and onions 3 minutes on each side or until well browned.
3. Remove from the grill and cool.
4. Chop vegetables into bite-sized pieces, set aside in a large bowl.
5. Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in couscous, salt, pepper, cumin and cinnamon.
6. Cover, remove from heat, and let stand 5 minutes.
7. Stir gently with a fork.
8. Add couscous, tomatoes and the remaining ingredients to vegetables in bowl, toss well.
9. Top each serving with crumbled feta if desired.

Reviews

[alvinakatz]

This was a nice recipe, but a bit bland for me. I chopped the veggies into bite-sized peices and grilled them in a grilling basket. That made the prep time shorter. I liked the lemony flavour, but I would have increased the amount of spices.