Tabouleh

Name: Tabouleh
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: cos or romaine lettuce leaves, to serve; 100 ml (3¼ fl oz) lemon juice; 250 g (8 oz) bulgar wheat; 1 telegraph cucumber; 6 spring onions, finely chopped; 90 ml (3 fl oz) olive oil; 30 g (1 oz) fresh mint, finely chopped; 40 g (1¼ oz) fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Salads

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2001

About

A grain salad that originated in the Lebanon and is made with generous amounts of fresh mint, parsley and bulgar wheat.

Ingredients

250 g (8 oz) bulgar wheat
1 telegraph cucumber

Vegan

Method

Place the bulgar wheat in a bowl and pour in enough hot water to just cover the wheat. Leave to soak for 20–30 minutes. Peel the cucumber and cut in half lengthways. Using a teaspoon, remove the seeds from the centre, then finely dice the flesh. Place the cucumber, mint, parsley and spring onion in a medium bowl with the olive oil and lemon juice.
Tip the bulgar w