Jabbouleh

Name: Jabbouleh
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 300 ml mugful of couscous; 4 tablespoons olive oil; ½ vegetable stock cube (see tips); 300 ml boiling water; 50 ml lemon juice (bottled is fine); 2 large tomatoes, finely chopped; ½ red onion, finely chopped; ¼ cucumber, finely chopped; 20 sprigs fresh mint, chopped

Preparation info

Serves:
4
as a main course side dish

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

You can buy tabbouleh in the supermarkets ready made, but it is so simple to make yourself and if you make it in the summer with fabulous tomatoes and fantastic cucumbers it is a joy!

Ingredients

1 300 ml mugful of couscous
4 tablespoons olive oil

Side dish
Vegan
Summer

Method

Pour the measured couscous into a mixing bowl and stir in half of the olive oil. Put the stock into the mug and refill with the boiling water. Stir until dissolved. Pour over the couscous with the lemon juice. Stir well and leave for 10 minutes.
When the grains have swollen add the chopped tomatoes, onion, cucumber, remaining olive oil and mint. Season with sal