Vegetable Pearl Pasta - 250 g | Giant couscous coloured by spinach, beetroot and carrot | Ready in 7-9 minutes for sides, salads and pilaf | No salt or sugar added

Pearl pasta, known in Turkish kitchens as kuskus and elsewhere as giant or couscous, in four vegetable varieties. The spinach pearls carry 18% spinach, the purple pearls 13.5% beetroot and 9% purple carrot, the orange pearls 16% carrot with red pointed pepper, and there are plain durum pearls to balance the plate. All are made from durum wheat semolina with 2% wheat germ, giving 13.2 g protein and 4.08 g fibre per 100 g. No salt or sugar is added. Cook for 7-9 minutes over low heat in a wide shallow pan with just enough water to be absorbed, so the pearls finish glossy rather than washed out. They work as a side with grilled meat and fish, as the base of a warm or cold salad, stirred into soups, or as a vegetable-forward pilaf. Around four servings per 250 g pack.