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Cook Time 30 minutes
Wine Languedoc-Roussillon Chardonnay
Servings 2 people

Equipment

  • wok or deep fryer
  • blender
  • paper towel

Ingredients
  

  • 75 gr pearl couscous
  • 8 pcs falafel
  • 60 gr chickpeas
  • avocado
  • 1 lime
  • 2 tbsp hummus
  • ½ small garlic clove
  • 25 gr lamb's lettuce
  • 35 gr watercress
  • 4 sprigs parsley
  • 1 sprig dill
  • 2 sprigs cilantro
  • 1 tsp za'atar
  • 5 hazelnuts
  • olive oil
  • sunflower oil
  • pepper & salt
  • flat bread

Instructions
 

Pearl couscous & salsa

  • Bring some water to a boil and cook the pearl couscous according to the instructions (about 9 minutes).
  • Meanwhile, put half of the watercress, half of the parsley, half of the cilantro and half of the dill in a blender and add some high quality olive oil, half a clove of garlic, some lime juice, the hazelnuts and half of the za'atar to it. Blend to make a herb salsa. Season to taste with pepper and salt.
  • Now take half of the salsa out of the blender, put it in a small bowl and set it aside.
  • Add 2 tbsp of hummus and half an avocado to the salsa that's still in the blender and blend again to make a smooth mass. You can add some more lime juice, pepper and/or salt if you wish.

Falafel & peas

  • Bring some sunflower oil to a boil (enough to cover the falafels) in a wok. First fry the chick peas (for your safety, make sure to pat them as dry as you can before putting them in 180℃ oil) until golden, then the falafels. Set aside on a paper towel covered plate.

Flat bread

  • Shortly heat the flat bread in the oven or a grill pan.

Plating

  • Scoop half of the hummus avocado salsa through your pearl couscous. Put the other half in a small bowl to serve with the bread.
  • Put the pearl couscous on the plates.
  • Add the falafels on the side of the plate.
  • Add the lamb's lettuce and the rest of the water cress, parsley, cilantro and dill in nice small pieces (but not finely chopped).
  • Put half an avocado on each plate and scoop the herb salsa in the pit openings. Sprinkle some za'atar on it.
  • Add the chick peas and some pieces of flatbread.