Indian Spiced Haloumi with a Warm Roast Vegetable and Egg Salad

Indian Spiced Haloumi with a Warm Roast Vegetable and Egg Salad

Ready in 45 minutes Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, March 20, 2016.

A delicious mid week veggie delight


Ingredients

WARM ROAST VEGETABLE SALAD

  • 800g mixed kumara, scrubbed, and cut into 1cm wedges
  • 1 red onion, cut into 2cm wedges
  • 2 tablespoons roast vegetable spice mix
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 punnet cherry tomatoes
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 handfuls baby spinach leaves
  • 3 tablespoons coriander, roughly chopped

INDIAN SPICED HALOUMI

  • 2 teaspoons haloumi spice mix
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • Pinch of salt
  • 200g haloumi cheese, cut into 0.5cm slices

DRESSING

  • 4 tablespoons natural yoghurt
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons runny honey
  • 2 tablespoons sliced mint leaves

Steps

  1. oven to 220°C. Line two oven trays with baking paper.
  2. Toss kumara, onion, roast vegetable spice mix and olive oil on prepared trays. Roast for 15–20 minutes until starting to caramelise. Add tomatoes and roast for a further 6 minutes until tomatoes are just beginning to burst.
  3. Place eggs in a small pot and cover with water. Bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for 4 minutes (soft boiled) or 6 minutes (hard boiled). Drain and cool under cold tap. Peel eggs and halve lengthways.
  4. Combine haloumi spice mix, pepper and salt in a bowl. Rub haloumi slices with spice mix. Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a fry-pan on medium heat and fry haloumi for about 2 minutes each side, or until golden and crispy. Set aside on a paper towel.
  5. Combine all dressing ingredients and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  6. Toss roasted vegetables with spinach leaves and coriander.
  7. Divide roasted vegetable salad between plates. Top with haloumi and eggs and drizzle over dressing.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2107 kj
504 kcal
Protein 19.4g
Carbohydrate 44.4g
Fat 26.7g