Grilled Halloumi Veg Bowl
Halloumi browns instead of melts, which is exactly what you want for a bowl — get the pan smoking so it picks up colour..
High protein, no limp salad energy
Halloumi browns instead of melts, which is exactly what you want for a bowl — get the pan smoking so it picks up colour.
Char the courgette hard; the contrast of soft middle and striped edge is the point.
We tested bulgur and couscous. Bulgur has more bite and keeps the bowl from feeling like a side.
Ingredients
Instructions
Cook the bulgur per the packet; fluff with a fork and a little oil.
Grill the halloumi and veg in a hot pan until striped and soft, about 3 minutes a side.
Mix the yoghurt with mint, lemon and salt.
Build bowls of bulgur, veg and halloumi; drizzle the yoghurt over.
Testing notes & substitutions
No grill pan
A normal frying pan on high heat chars just as well.
Add crunch
Toasted pumpkin seeds on top lift the texture.
Questions we get a lot
Can I use another cheese?
Paneer works; it will not brown quite as much but holds its shape.
Make it vegan?
Skip the yoghurt or use a plant version; the bowl stands on its own.
Dana Reyes
Dana has cooked professionally for eleven years and has been testing recipes for Hearth & Thyme since 2019. She writes about weeknight cooking, slow breads, and the small techniques that quietly change a dish. Every recipe she publishes is cooked at least twice, in an ordinary home oven.
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