Tabbouleh-style mielie sorghum salad
An easy tabbouleh-style mielie sorghum salad to serve at your next braai.
Swap your usual couscous for red sorghum in salads:its chewy texture is very satisfying!
Recipe credit: Abigail Donnelly, Sadiqah Assur-Ismail, Jan Ras
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Tabbouleh-style mielie sorghum salad
Serves: 6
Easy
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking: 30 minutes
Easy
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking: 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
- 300 g sorghum
- 300 g mielie rice
- 2 red peppers, halved
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- salt, to taste
- 4 sticks celery, chopped
- 2 T mint, chopped
- 4 T Italian parsley finely chopped
- 3 T coriander, finely chopped
- 3 T dill, finely chopped
- 2 salad onions, chopped
For the dressing, mix:
- 2 T tomato paste
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 4 T extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
COOKING METHOD:
- Preheat the oven to 230° C.
- Cook the sorghum and mielie rice according to package instructions. Drain and cool.
- Place the red peppers, garlic and rosemary in a roasting pan. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt. Roast for 30 minutes until charred, then set aside to cool.
- In a serving dish, combine the cooled sorghum, mielie rice, celery, herbs and salad onions. Tear the cooked red peppers and add to the salad.
- Pour over the dressing and toss to combine.