Saturday, July 20, 2013

Tabbouleh salad




Tabbouleh is a popular salad in the middle east made of parsley, bulgur, fresh mint and tomatoes.

Ingredients: 


250g parsley
2 scallions
100g fresh mint
3 medium tomatoes
2 tbs fine bulgur (soaked in ½ cup water and drained well)


Dressing:
Juice of 1 lemon
3 tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt


Steps: 
watch the step demonstrated in the video above

Soak the fine bulgur in boiling water for 20 minutes. Drain it well and set it aside.
             
Wash, dry and finely cut the parsley





Cut the scallions and add them to the chopped parsley




Cut the mint and add it to the previously chopped ingredients




Cut the tomatoes and add it to the bowl




Toss the chopped ingredients until combines



Add the drained bulgur to the bowl and toss the salad



Mix the dressing ingredients and drizzle it over the salad


Toss the salad again and serve it immediately


Notes:

Tabbouleh is usually served with fresh lettuce on the side or as a decoration 

2 comments:

  1. I'm looking for a typical Arabic fattoush with pomegranate dressing. Been experimenting lots with pomegranate molasses, sumac, olive oil, vinegar, fresh lemon juice etc but didn't get the result I wanted yet. Could you share your fattoush recipe? Thank you
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    1. Fattoush is one of my all time favorite salads. I'm going to film a recipe and post it on the blog with a link to the video very soon, will notify you when I do that.

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