Tabbouleh
This Middle Eastern inspired salad is vibrant fresh and perfect as a summer salad or as accompaniment to grilled fish or meat.
Ingredients
250 g cooked couscous or fine bulghur
3 cucumbers finely diced
3 tomatoes finely chopped
1 capsicum finely sliced
1 medium green onion finely sliced, or a common onion
1 lemon juice
1 big bouquet of parsley finely sliced
Few leaves of coriander finely sliced
One bunch of chopped fresh mint
Salt and pepper
4 tbsps extra virgin, cold pressed Olive oil
Optional : ½ teaspoon of Sumac
Methods
Cook the couscous (link for method)
Bulghur method :
Put the bulghur in a bowl cover it with 250ml of boiling water,
Cover the bowl and
Let it sit at least 15 minutes,
Let it cool.
Salade :
Ingredients
250 g cooked couscous or fine bulghur
3 cucumbers finely diced
3 tomatoes finely chopped
1 capsicum finely sliced
1 medium green onion finely sliced, or a common onion
1 lemon juice
1 big bouquet of parsley finely sliced
Few leaves of coriander finely sliced
One bunch of chopped fresh mint
Salt and pepper
4 tbsps extra virgin, cold pressed Olive oil
Optional : ½ teaspoon of Sumac
Methods
Cook the couscous (link for method)
Bulghur method :
Put the bulghur in a bowl cover it with 250ml of boiling water,
Cover the bowl and
Let it sit at least 15 minutes,
Let it cool.
Salade :
- You need the chop the vegetables as finely as possible
- Mix all the finely sliced ingredients with the couscous or bulgur
- Add lemon juice and olive oil
- Add salt and pepper
- Mix well
- Adjust seasoning and olive oil as needed.