Lebanese Bread Salad

This is a delicious salad of ground lamb with cumin and onion. I add pomegranate seeds for sweetness and pita chips for a salty texture! This is dish works really well before you are biking, scuba diving or exercising, for quick energy without feeling sluggish! You can have this salad as it is, or with some fresh romaine lettuce or fresh spinach. I also use it as a filling for naan or paratha with a roasted cauliflower and potato puree.

Ingredients

½ white or yellow onion, minced

1 large clove garlic, minced

¼ cup olive oil

½ tablespoon cumin

1 lbs ground lamb

1 cup uncooked Israeli couscous

2 cups boiling water

½ cup Kalamata olives

Slivered mint leaves from 2 mint sprigs (2 ½ tablespoon slivered mint leaves)

Feta cheese

Pita chips

Pomegranate seeds from 1 pomegranate

Cut pomegranate in half. Holding one half of the pomegranate cut side down in your hand over a large serving bowl. Take a spoon and hit the round side of the pomegranate half to remove the seeds. Remove and discard any of the white flesh from the pomegranate















Add slivered mint to the pomegranate seeds

1   Sauté raw couscous in a tablespoon olive oil, meanwhile boil the water.When couscous is brown, pour 2 cup boiling water over couscous

3Bring back to boil, reduce to simmer. Cover and cook for 5 minutes until cooked to desired doneness, about 5     minutes. All the liquid should be evaporated. 

    Pour into large serving bowl with the pomegranate seeds and mint.

4.       Add remainder of olive oil to frying pan. Add onion and sauté for 5 minutes or until translucent. Add the lamb and cumin. Saute for a few minutes until the lamb is cooked and no longer pink. 

5.       Add garlic and cumin

. Done when lamb browed and aroma from cumin released.

7.        Transfer lamb, onion into serving bowl with couscous.






           Add feta cheese and slivered mint.

.   In a separate serving bowl, add pita chips and serve with lamb
   mixture. This is really wonderful to serve with paratha and roasted cauliflower and potato puree.

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