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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: July 6^th 2022

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 600 ml couscous
2 300 ml olive oil
3 300 ml lemon juice
4 2 tablespoons vinegar
5 600 ml tomato
6 2 onions
7 2 shallots
8 2 bunches herbs of your choice
9 salt
10 pepper

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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: 600 ml couscous, 300 ml olive oil, 300 ml lemon juice, 2 tablespoons vinegar, salt and pepper.

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

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Prepare (peel) 600 ml tomatoes and cut into small pieces.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Prepare 2 onions and 2 shallots. 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

Checking seasoning and 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.

When you taste at the end of the recipe to check the seasoning, you can also adjust the acidity of the Tabouleh (add a little lemon juice) or its smoothness (add a little olive oil) to your taste.

Keeping

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

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,745 Kcal or 15,680 Kj	36 gr	220 gr	302 gr
187 %	14 %	21 %	46 %

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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 9.81 €
Per person : 0.82 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Couscous: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Provençal braised carrots, Gnocchi alla romana, Couscous, ... All
	Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Thin tomato jelly and avocado tart, Mediterranean toast, Kalamata Salad, Guacamole, Hamburgers, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potato and two ham gratin, Potimarron and celeriac autumn soup, Mexican tart, Gratin of purple artichokes, Thin endive tart, ... All
	Lemon juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rémoulette of celeriac, Souda salad, How to beat egg whites, Cooking sugar, Brussels sprouts salad with smoked trout and Comté cheese, ... All

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