Easy Tabouli Salad
This is a simple and easy to follow recipe for tabouli salad (also known as tabbouleh) A traditional Middle Eastern Salad made with Bulgur, fresh herbs and finely diced tomatoes and cucumber. perfect for serving with grilled mets, in pita wraps with falafels or with hommus.
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- ½ cup Extra fine bulgur
- 4 Firm roma tomatoes
- 2 Cucumbers finely diced
- 1 Bunch fresh parsley stems removed, finely chopped
- 1 Small bunch fresh mint stems removed, finely chopped
- 4 Spring onions White part only, finley sliced
For the Dressing
- 4 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 Clove garlic Crushed
- Juice of 1 lemon
Instructions
- For the dressing, place all ingredients in a jar with a screw top lid and shake until combined. set aside
- Rinse the bulgur and soak in water for 7 minutes or until softened. Drain well and squeeze the bulgur wheat by hand or leave in a collander for a few minutes to get rid of any excess water. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, very finely chop the tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs and whites of the spring onions.
- Place the chopped vegetables, herbs and spring onions in a serving dish. Add the dressing, salt and pepper and mix well to combine.
Notes
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*TIP: This Tabouli tastes even better the next day once the flavours have had time to settle and the lemon and olive oil has infused with the tomato juices into the bulgur.