Salads are best when freshly made, so do yourself a favour and swap the prepacked, same-old flavours from your nearest store with a Cajun-inspired salad with a South African twist. Steamed couscous is loaded with peppers, fresh greens, salty biltong & creamy feta, and drizzled with a lemon-yoghurt dressing.
Cajun Couscous & Biltong Bowl
Cajun Couscous & Biltong Bowl
with Danish-style feta & a lemon yoghurt dressing
Hands on Time: 5 - 6 minutes
Overall Time: 6 - 12 minutes
Ingredients:
- Beef Biltong
- Couscous
- Danish-style Feta
- Green Leaves
- Lemon Juice
- Low Fat Plain Yoghurt
- Low Fat Plain Yogurt
- NOMU Cajun Rub
- Piquanté Peppers
From your kitchen:
- Salt & Pepper
- Water
CAJUN COUSCOUS
Boil the kettle. Place the couscous and the NOMU rub in a bowl with about 75ml of boiling water. Cover and steam until rehydrated, 5-8 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
ZESTY DRESSING
In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, the lemon juice (to taste), and seasoning.
TASTY SALAD
To the bowl of the Cajun couscous, add the drained peppers, and the shredded green leaves. Scatter over the biltong, crumble over the drained feta, and drizzle over the lemon yogurt dressing.
Couscous - 75ml
NOMU Cajun Rub - 5ml
Low Fat Plain Yoghurt - 40ml
Lemon Juice - 15ml
Piquanté Peppers - 25g
Green Leaves - 20g
Beef Biltong - 50g
Danish-style Feta - 30g
CAJUN COUSCOUS
Boil the kettle. Place the couscous and the NOMU rub in a bowl with about 150ml of boiling water. Cover and steam until rehydrated, 5-8 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
ZESTY DRESSING
In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, the lemon juice (to taste), and seasoning.
TASTY SALAD
To the bowl of the cajun couscous, add the drained peppers and the shredded green leaves. Scatter over the biltong, crumble over the drained feta, and drizzle over the lemon yogurt dressing.
Danish-style Feta - 60g
Beef Biltong - 100g
Green Leaves - 40g
Piquanté Peppers - 50g
Lemon Juice - 30ml
Low Fat Plain Yogurt - 80ml
NOMU Cajun Rub - 10ml
Couscous - 150ml
CAJUN COUSCOUS
Boil the kettle. Place the couscous and the NOMU rub in a bowl with about 225ml of boiling water. Cover and steam until rehydrated, 5-8 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
ZESTY DRESSING
In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, the lemon juice (to taste), and seasoning.
TASTY SALAD
To the bowl of the cajun couscous, add the drained peppers and the shredded green leaves. Scatter over the biltong, crumble over the drained feta, and drizzle over the lemon yogurt dressing.
Danish-style Feta - 90g
Beef Biltong - 150g
Green Leaves - 60g
Piquanté Peppers - 75g
Lemon Juice - 45ml
Low Fat Plain Yogurt - 125ml
NOMU Cajun Rub - 15ml
Couscous - 225ml
CAJUN COUSCOUS
Boil the kettle. Place the couscous and the NOMU rub in a bowl with about 300ml of boiling water. Cover and steam until rehydrated, 5-8 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
ZESTY DRESSING
In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, the lemon juice (to taste), and seasoning.
TASTY SALAD
To the bowl of the cajun couscous, add the drained peppers and the shredded green leaves. Scatter over the biltong, crumble over the drained feta, and drizzle over the lemon yogurt dressing.
Danish-style Feta - 120g
Beef Biltong - 200g
Green Leaves - 80g
Piquanté Peppers - 100g
Lemon Juice - 60ml
Low Fat Plain Yoghurt - 160ml
NOMU Cajun Rub - 20ml
Couscous - 300ml