Ingredients to make couscous salad:
- 150 gr of cous cous
- 150 ml of water
- A cucumber
- An onion
- canned sweet corn
- Green and black olives
- juice of two lemons
- Oil
- Cherry tomatoes
- Salt
- Mint or peppermint leaves
How to make Couscous Salad:
- Add the water to a saucepan that you can cover.
- Add a pinch of salt and a splash of oil.
- Bring the water to a boil.
- When it starts to boil, pour in the cous cous. Turn off the heat or separate the saucepan and cover it for five minutes.
- Cut the cucumber and onion.
- Cut the cucumber into squares or pieces, neither too thick nor too fine. Add them to a salad bowl and repeat the process with the onion.
- Mix the cous cous with the rest of the ingredients.
- Once the five minutes of rest have passed, separate the cous cous with a fork.
- Mix in the salad bowl with the cucumber and onion. Add the cherry tomatoes into small pieces and cut the black and green olives into slices.
- Add the corn and the mint, which will give it that special touch that this Lebanese salad has.
- Season and add lemon juice and olive oil.
- Add salt and lemon juice, a little olive oil and mix everything well.
- You can serve it freshly made or put it in the fridge to cool down sooner.
