Couscous Salad - Australian School of Meditation & Yoga

Ingredients

• 1½ cups water
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• 1½ tablespoons olive oil
• 1½ cups couscous
• 4 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons tahini
• 4 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, chopped
• 1 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon yellow asafetida powder
• 4 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
• 1/3 cup diced tomato (½ cm)
• ¼ cup diced red capsicum (1/2 cm)
• ¼ cup diced green capsicum (1/2 cm)
• ¼ cup green beans cut into 1 cm lengths
• ½ cup cooked chickpeas
• ½ cup unpeeled, diced Lebanese-style cucumbers
• ½ cup sultanas
• ¼ cup chopped green olives
• ¼ cup small roasted peanut halves