Friday, March 6, 2009

Traditional Middle Eastern Tabbouleh

Tabbouleh is a fantastic fresh, juicy and crunchy salad, which beauty lies in its earthy simplicity and robust difference in textures and flavors. This Middle Eastern salad boasts of equal quantities of cracked wheat (aka. Bulghur), parsley and tomatoes freshen up with garlic, lemon juice, salt, black pepper, mint leaves and olive oil. Easy to prepare, makes a perfect accompanient for falafels, meat or koftas.

Let me introduce to you my version of:

TABBOULEH:

  • 1/2 cup bulghur
  • 1/cup loosely packed parsley leaves
  • small handful mint leaves
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 2 fresh tomatoes
  • black pepper
  • salt
Wash the bulghur, drain and pour over boiling water. Cover with a plate and let sit for about 20 minutes to absorb all the liquids. In the meantime, chop the tomatoes and herbs. Press the garlic clove and squeeze the lemon juice. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and serve cold.

This recipe is featured in my online 21-Vegan Challenge Cookbook. To get your free copy, please e-mail me or leave a comment here :-)

13 kommentarer:

stephchows said...

mmmmmmmmm sounds good to me! I love this stuff :)

Elyse said...

I love tabbouleh so much. I recently moved, but in my former town, there was a great Mediterranean deli that had delicious tabbouleh. Now I can just make it for myself! Yummy!

zlamushka said...

Great to hear ladies, glaf to be an inspiration :-)

KC said...

Looks sooo good. I'm including bulgur in my shopping list today.

zlamushka said...

KC, I was thinking about you when I was making this. It is not spicy :-) I am sure you ll like it.

delhibelle said...

I love tabbouleh and yours looks good!

zlamushka said...

Thanks Delhi :-)

Nags said...

when sticky is associated with any dessert, i cant resist :D

zlamushka said...

Hi Nags,
It truly was a divine cake.

PG said...

delicious! I haven't made it in a long time. Though after looking at your recipe, I am thinking of using my box of ebly for this. yummy!

zlamushka said...

Great, I am glad to be an inspiration to you, PG :-)

MuslimaticMuslimah said...

Your blog is the best! I love this salad so much, can't wait to tuck into your book

:)))

An avid reader

zlamushka said...

Hey MM, THat is reallly nice to hear, thanks :-)