Authentic Lebanese tabbouleh: a bright herb salad of finely chopped parsley and mint with tomato, a little bulgur and lemon.
About this Middle Eastern recipe
In Lebanon, tabbouleh is a parsley salad with a little bulgur, not a grain salad with a little parsley. It is served with lettuce or cabbage leaves for scooping.
Ingredients you will need
The main ingredients are fine bulgur, large bunches flat-leaf parsley, small bunch mint, ripe tomatoes, spring onions, lemon juice. Exact quantities are in the recipe card below.
How long it takes
Allow 35 min in total: 25 min of preparation and 10 min of resting, chilling or soaking. The recipe serves 4.
Lebanese Tabbouleh
Authentic Lebanese tabbouleh: a bright herb salad of finely chopped parsley and mint with tomato, a little bulgur and lemon.
Ingredients
Method
- Rinse the bulgur and put it in a bowl with the diced tomatoes and their juice and the lemon juice. Leave for 10 minutes to soften.
- Wash and thoroughly dry the herbs, then chop finely with a sharp knife.
- Combine the herbs, spring onions, tomatoes and bulgur.
- Dress with olive oil, allspice, salt and pepper and toss.
- Serve immediately with small lettuce leaves.
Notes
Dry the herbs completely before chopping and use a sharp knife, not a processor, or the parsley turns to mush.