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🍽️ Grilled Turkey Skewers with Cucumber-Almond Couscous

570 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Place the wooden skewers in a container of water and let them soak.
  2. 2. Rinse the turkey fillets under running water.
  3. 3. Pat the meat dry with a kitchen towel.
  4. 4. Cut the turkey fillets into coarse cubes.
  5. 5. Rinse the lime under running water.
  6. 6. Cut the lime in half.
  7. 7. Squeeze the juice from the lime.
  8. 8. Put two tablespoons of yogurt into a bowl.
  9. 9. Add paprika powder to the yogurt mixture.
  10. 10. Add chili powder to the yogurt mixture.
  11. 11. Add ground cumin to the yogurt mixture.
  12. 12. Season the marinade with salt.
  13. 13. Add one teaspoon of lime juice to the marinade.
  14. 14. Mix all the marinade ingredients well together.
  15. 15. Add the meat cubes to the marinade.
  16. 16. Toss the meat so that it is completely covered with the marinade.
  17. 17. Let the meat marinate for about 15 to 20 minutes.
  18. 18. Put vegetable broth into a pot.
  19. 19. Bring the vegetable broth to a boil.
  20. 20. Put couscous into a separate bowl.
  21. 21. Pour the hot broth over the couscous.
  22. 22. Cover the bowl with cling film.
  23. 23. Let the couscous swell for about 10 minutes.
  24. 24. Fluff up the couscous with a fork.
  25. 25. Stir butter into the couscous.
  26. 26. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat.
  27. 27. Chop the almonds coarsely.
  28. 28. Put the almonds into the hot pan.
  29. 29. Season the almonds with a little salt.
  30. 30. Roast the almonds for about 2 minutes while stirring constantly.
  31. 31. Remove the pan from the heat as soon as the almonds are golden brown.
  32. 32. Add the sugar to the pan with the almonds.
  33. 33. Let the caramelized almonds drain on kitchen paper.
  34. 34. Peel the cucumber.
  35. 35. Cut the cucumber lengthwise into four parts.
  36. 36. Remove the seeds from the cucumber pieces.
  37. 37. Cut the cucumber pieces diagonally into bite-sized pieces.
  38. 38. Rinse the dill under running water.
  39. 39. Dry the dill.
  40. 40. Remove the coarse stems from the dill.
  41. 41. Chop the dill coarsely.
  42. 42. Add the cut cucumber pieces to the couscous.
  43. 43. Add the chopped dill to the couscous.
  44. 44. Add the roasted almonds to the couscous.
  45. 45. Season the couscous with lime juice.
  46. 46. Season the couscous with salt.
  47. 47. Season the couscous with pepper.
  48. 48. Put the remaining yogurt into a bowl.
  49. 49. Add some lime juice to the yogurt bowl.
  50. 50. Season the yogurt with salt.
  51. 51. Season the yogurt with pepper.
  52. 52. Preheat the grill.
  53. 53. Thread the marinated meat pieces onto the soaked skewers.
  54. 54. Place the skewers on the grill.
  55. 55. Grill the skewers all around for about 10 to 15 minutes.
  56. 56. Grill the skewers until they are golden brown.
  57. 57. Remove the skewers from the grill.
  58. 58. Put the couscous on the plates.
  59. 59. Place the turkey skewers next to the couscous on the plates.
  60. 60. Add the yogurt to the skewers on the plates.
  61. 61. Serve the dish.

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