Grain Bowls With Cucumber-Dill Sauce

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Here’s a satisfying repast of full grains that looks — and tastes — gourmet. Farro makes the base, an past atom that’s chewy similar barley but is quicker to cook. It’s jumbled with chickpeas and veggies, past smothered successful a mind-blowing cucumber-dill sauce. It’s a agleam and creamy coating that you’ll privation to effort connected conscionable astir anything: arsenic a dip for veggies, a condiment for grilled food and connected a falafel sandwich.

To marque this vegan, substitute the Cilantro Cashew Sauce from past week’s falafel sandwich.

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There are 2 types of farro: pearled and semi-pearled. Pearled farro cooks faster than semi-pearled farro. Depending connected the brand, the farro whitethorn not beryllium labeled arsenic pearled oregon semi-pearled. Both types sensation similar; the semi-pearled farro has much of the atom intact and frankincense much nutrients (similar to achromatic atom vs. brownish rice).

Make the cucumber-dill condiment and farro successful beforehand oregon store leftovers refrigerated for up to 2 days. Reheat the farro successful a skillet until warmed through; adhd a small olive lipid if it’s dry.

From Sonja Overhiser and Alex Overhiser of ACoupleCooks.com.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 2-3

For the atom bowls

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
6 ounces (1 cup) dried farro
4 cups water
1/2 spoon kosher salt, oregon much arsenic needed
1 mean carrot, scrubbed good and chopped into 2-inch sticks astir 1/4-inch thick
One 15-ounce tin low-sodium chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1 reddish pepper, thinly sliced (drained, from a jar; 1 cup)
2 teaspoons regular soy sauce
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1/2 spoon granulated ail (a.k.a. ail powder)
1 spoon Spanish smoked paprika (pimenton)
2 packed cups babe spinach leaves
2 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced crosswise
1/2 cupful crumbled feta cheese

For the cucumber-dill sauce

1/2 cupful grated English (seedless) cucumber (from 1/2 cuke)
1 cupful integrated plain, whole-milk yogurt
1 tablespoonful chopped caller dill
1 tablespoonful caller citrus juice
1/8 spoon granulated ail (a.k.a. ail powder)
1/4 spoon kosher salt

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 3)

Calories
570
Fat
22 g
Saturated Fat
7 g
Carbohydrates
76 g
Sodium
980 mg
Cholesterol
30 mg
Protein
25 g
Fiber
15 g
Sugar
12 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Sonja Overhiser and Alex Overhiser of ACoupleCooks.com.

Tested by Sonja Overhiser and Alex Overhiser.

Published July 18, 2019

Updated March 16, 2026