Pomegranate Tabbouleh

Name: Pomegranate Tabbouleh
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 1 h 2 min
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 150 g/5½ oz/1 cup fine bulgur wheat (or barley couscous); 150 g/5½ oz/1 cup fine bulgur wheat (or barley couscous); 2 bunches parsley, finely chopped; 1 bunch mint, finely chopped; 2 spring onions (scallions), finely sliced; 2 spring onions (scallions), finely sliced; 1 small cucumber, peeled and diced; 1 tbsp chopped preserved lemon; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses; 2 tbsp lemon juice; ½ tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp cayenne pepper; 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

The Sun-Soaked Plate

By Marc Fosh

Published 2026

About

Ingredients

150 g/5½ oz/1 cup fine bulgur wheat (or barley couscous)

Europe
Spain
Vegan
Mediterranean

Method

I love Middle Eastern cooking. It is one of the world’s oldest and most intriguing cuisines, full of enchanting flavours and the most amazing aromas. It used to be hard to find the right ingredients and aromatics to really cook authentic Middle Eastern food at home, but these days all the ingredients are readily available in local food shops and supermarkets, and you can start to slowly stock u