Couscous & Chickpeas Salad

          A healthy and a nutritious salad of couscous and chickpeas cooked in an Indian style. This can be had as a one dish meal for a light dinner. It is very wholesome and can be also relished as a lunch box meal.

• 1/2 cup couscous
• 1/2 cup kabuli chana (white chickpeas / garbanzo beans), boiled
• salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 1/2 tsp. mustard seeds
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2-3 garlic, chopped
• 1/2 tsp. cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp. pepper powder
• slit green chilies to garnish

          Add 1/2 cup hot water to the couscous. Cover and leave aside for 10 minutes. Flake it with a fork and keep aside.

          Heat oil in a non-stick pan and temper with the mustard seeds. Saute the onion and garlic till light brown.

          Add the boiled chickpeas, salt, turmeric powder, cumin powder and pepper powder. Saute for a minute. Add the couscous and combine well. Serve, garnished with slit green chilies.