Gut-friendly recipe for 4 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has falafel, couscous, lemon, olive oil, spring onion, cucumber, mint, parsley and natural yogurt.
Falafel tabbouleh with lemon yogurt
Course: Gut-friendly
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
5 mins
Ingredients
- Olive Oil: 3 tbsp olive oil
- Spring Onion: bunch spring onions, finely sliced
- Natural Yogurt: 150ml tub natural yogurt
- Couscous: 200g couscous
- Mint: small bunch mint, leaves roughly chopped
- Parsley: large bunch parsley, leaves roughly chopped
- Lemon: 2 large lemons, 1 zested, juice of both
- Cucumber: 1 cucumber, halved and sliced
- Falafel: 16 ready-made falafel
Directions
- Cook the falafels according to pack instructions and boil the kettle. Tip the couscous into a large bowl, pour over 325ml boiling water, cover, then leave to stand for 5 mins until all of the water is absorbed.
- Fluff up the couscous with a fork, then stir through the lemon zest, juice from 1 1/2 lemons, olive oil, spring onions, cucumber, mint and three-quarters of the parsley with plenty of seasoning. Tip onto a large platter.
- Mix the remaining lemon juice and parsley into the yogurt, then spoon into a small bowl. Scatter the hot falafel over the couscous salad, then serve the yogurt sauce alongside.
