Diabetes-friendly recipe for 6 people, takes only 40 mins; recipe has pork fillet, olive oil, ground cumin, ground cinnamon, ginger, couscous, sultana, lemon, mint and natural yogurt.
Roast pork with couscous & ginger yogurt
Course: Diabetes-friendly
Servings
6
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Olive Oil: 2 tsp olive oil
- Natural Yogurt: 200g fat-free natural yogurt
- Couscous: 250g couscous
- Mint: small bunch mint, chopped
- Lemon: zest and juice 1 lemon
- Ground Cumin: 3 tsp ground cumin
- Ginger: 4 tsp grated ginger
- Ground Cinnamon: 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- Sultana: 100g sultanas
- Pork Fillet: 2 pork fillets, each about 500g/1lb 2oz, trimmed of any fat
Directions
- Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Brown the pork in a non-stick frying pan over a high heat for 4-5 mins, turning twice. Mix the oil, 2 tsp cumin, cinnamon, 2 tsp ginger and some seasoning, then rub all over the pork. Transfer to a roasting tin and roast for 30-35 mins or until the juices run clear when the thickest part is pierced with a skewer.
- Mix the couscous with the remaining cumin, the sultanas, lemon zest and juice, then season and pour over 400ml boiling water. Stir well and cover for 5 mins, then stir in the mint.
- Stir the remaining ginger and a little seasoning into the yogurt. Thickly slice the pork and serve with the couscous and ginger yogurt.
