{"id":6081,"date":"2013-10-01T09:52:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T13:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/?p=6081"},"modified":"2013-10-01T09:53:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T13:53:17","slug":"grilled-eggplant-couscous-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/grilled-eggplant-couscous-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Grilled Eggplant Couscous Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"drop_cap\">W<\/span>hat&#8217;s this? Where&#8217;s the pear? Or pumpkin? Why is there grilled tiny eggplants instead? Though I can&#8217;t ignore the fact that summer is history (for now) and autumn is upon us, grilled veggie salads is what we are craving.<\/p>\n<p>Big time.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0696.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6085\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/grilled-eggplant-couscous-salad\/dsc_0696-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0696.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1372859004&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Grilled Eggplant Quinoa Salad | KiranTarun.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0696-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0696.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6085\" alt=\"Grilled Eggplant Couscous Salad | KiranTarun.com\" src=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0696.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0696.jpg 680w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0696-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grilled salads aside, I&#8217;ll let you in on something that happened more than 30,000 feet above, between the clouds. I love journaling on flights. It&#8217;s one of many ways that keeps me occupied in long flights. Though I travel with a laptop most of the time, there&#8217;s nothing like jotting down thoughts with a pen on a notepad.<\/p>\n<p>Well, not until yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0742.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6083\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/grilled-eggplant-couscous-salad\/dsc_0742-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0742.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1372869989&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Grilled Eggplant Quinoa Salad | KiranTarun.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0742-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0742.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6083\" alt=\"Grilled Eggplant Couscous Salad | KiranTarun.com\" src=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0742.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0742.jpg 680w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0742-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went through a huge turbulence and the plane shook quite violently. This all happened in the midst of me pouring my heart out over the notepad and then with a huge shake, my pen flew in the air and landed on a person seated in the same row &#8212; that appears to have been in a beauty sleep.<\/p>\n<p>The horrible turbulence did not do a thing to wake him up, but my pen did. And boy, was he mad \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0704.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6086\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/grilled-eggplant-couscous-salad\/dsc_0704\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0704.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1372861217&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Grilled Eggplant Quinoa Salad | KiranTarun.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0704-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0704.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6086\" alt=\"Grilled Eggplant Couscous Salad | KiranTarun.com\" src=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0704.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0704.jpg 680w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0704-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After promptly apologizing, I went back to my almost usual self. This time, turbulence was the last thing on my mind, after what had just occurred.<\/p>\n<p>How embarassing! Time to face-plant into a huge grilled eggplant couscous salad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0716.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6087\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/grilled-eggplant-couscous-salad\/dsc_0716\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0716.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1372866384&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Grilled Eggplant Quinoa Salad | KiranTarun.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0716-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0716.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6087\" alt=\"Grilled Eggplant Couscous Salad | KiranTarun.com\" src=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0716.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0716.jpg 680w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0716-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a>\n<div class=\"recipe_box\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/grilled-eggplant-couscous-salad\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Recipe\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Recipe\" title=\"Print This Recipe\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/grilled-eggplant-couscous-salad\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Recipe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ingredients<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16 tiny eggplants, halved<\/li>\n<li>some oil for grilling<\/li>\n<li>2 carrots, sliced<\/li>\n<li>1 lemon, halved<\/li>\n<li>2 cups cooked couscous<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup fresh parsley, coarsely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup fresh mint, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup olives, pitted and halved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dressing<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 whole grilled lemon, juiced<\/li>\n<li>1 large garlic, finely minced<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp aged balsamic vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp black pepper<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp honey<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 cup roasted walnut oil (or any oil of choice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Garnish<\/strong> with 2 tbsp dukkah<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Directions<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Brush grill with some oil and preheat it over medium-high.<\/li>\n<li>In a bowl, add halved eggplants, sliced carrots and halved lemons. Sprinkle a pinch of salt, black pepper and 1 tbsp of oil. Stir to evenly coat.<\/li>\n<li>Once grill is hot, add eggplants, carrots and lemons. Grilled on each sides for 2 minutes or until charred.<\/li>\n<li>Remove grilled veggies into a huge salad bowl, fitch out grilled lemon halves and cover bowl with a foil.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare the dressing by combining all ingredients into a jar. Put the lid on and shake to emulsify. Drizzle the dressing over grilled veggies. Cover bowl with a foil.<\/li>\n<li>Add warm cooked couscous, chopped parsley, fresh mint and olives into the salad bowl. Stir everything to combine. Add a sprinkling of dukkah just before serving!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0770.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6088\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/grilled-eggplant-couscous-salad\/dsc_0770\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0770.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1372879087&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Grilled Eggplant Quinoa Salad | KiranTarun.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0770-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0770.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6088\" alt=\"Grilled Eggplant Couscous Salad | KiranTarun.com\" src=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0770.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0770.jpg 680w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_0770-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, do me a favor. Set the pumpkin down, switch the grill back on and have fun. I promise you there won&#8217;t be anyone policing or lecturing you about autumn.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Any embarrassing encounters 30,000 feet up in between clouds?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s this? Where&#8217;s the pear? Or pumpkin? Why is there grilled tiny eggplants instead? Though I can&#8217;t ignore the fact that summer is history (for now) and autumn is upon us, grilled veggie salads is what we are craving. 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