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Tabbouleh

Tabbouleh is a Middle Eastern couscous salad., moistened with olive oil and lemon juice. Its flavour comes from plenty of fresh herbs (mint and parsley at the very least), onion and tomatoes.

This refreshing dish is ideal for warm summer or autumn days.

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Last modified on: December 30^th 2019

Keywords for this recipe:Couscous Middle-east Salad Mint Parsley Lemon Olive oil

For 6 people, you will need:

0 300 g couscous
1 150 ml olive oil
2 150 ml lemon juice
3 1 tablespoon vinegar
4 300 g tomato
5 1 onion
6 1 shallot
7 1 bunch herbs of your choice
Total weight: 1,075 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Put into a large salad bowl: 300 g couscous, 150 ml olive oil, 150 ml lemon juice and 1 tablespoon vinegar.

The oil and lemon juice dressing will swell and soften the dry couscous just enough.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Prepare (peel) 300 g tomatoes and cut into small pieces.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Prepare 1 onion and 1 shallot. Chop very finely.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Add the chopped tomatoes, onion and shallot to the bowl.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

Coarsley chop the herbs (a mixture of mint, parsley, coriander and chives here) and add to the bowl.

You can use whatever herbs you prefer, but mint and parsley are the basic essentials.

Stage 6 - 3 hours

Mix everything together thoroughly, cover and leave in the fridge for at least 3 hours for the couscous to soak up the oil and lemon juice.

Stage 7

Your tabbouleh is ready.

Remarks

Tabbouleh can be made in many different versions, for example, by adding diced cucumber, lettuce or other vegetables, according to personal taste. So, give it a try.

Collect any tomato juice from stage 2 and add to the couscous.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,873 Kcal or 7,842 Kj	18 gr	110 gr	151 gr
94 %	7 %	10 %	23 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
174 Kcal or 729 Kj	2 gr	10 gr	14 gr
9 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
312 Kcal or 1,306 Kj	3 gr	18 gr	25 gr
16 %	1 %	2 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 4.91 €
Per person : 0.82 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Couscous: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Couscous, Provençal braised carrots, Gnocchi alla romana, ... All
	Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hot tomato sauce, Crab and smoked salmon club sandwiches , Warm broccoli and Tuna Salad, Ratatouille, Fine multi-tomato tart, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pitta bread, Tomato omelette, Carrot-top pesto, Fresh spinach with cream, Moussaka, ... All
	Lemon juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tomato ladybirds, Tender tuna, Thin summer tart "à la grecque", Greek salad, Souda salad, ... All

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