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Tabbouleh <p> Home cook <a href="/videos/profiles/about-dmitra-dima-khoury">Dmitra &quot;Dima&quot; Khoury</a> makes a Lebanese staple, tabbouleh salad. Served as a mezze, tabbouleh consists of a majority of chopped parsley and mint mixed with fine bulgur wheat, tomatoes, onions, lemon juice and olive oil. This healthful, fresh dish is will be ready in minutes, and is traditionally served with <a href="/videos/international/pita-bread">pita bread</a> or lettuce leaves.</p>

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Home cook Dmitra "Dima" Khoury makes a Lebanese staple, tabbouleh salad. Served as a mezze, tabbouleh consists of a majority of chopped parsley and mint mixed with fine bulgur wheat, tomatoes, onions, lemon juice and olive oil. This healthful, fresh dish is will be ready in minutes, and is traditionally served with pita bread or lettuce leaves.

Ingredients

  • 5 oz fine bulgur wheat, rinsed
  • 6 tbsp fresh lemon juice, divided in half
  • 4 medium tomatoes, chopped
  • salt to taste
  • ½ cup oil (olive, canola or mix) + additional for drizzling as needed
  • ⅓ cup scallions or onion, chopped
  • ⅓ cup mint leaves, chopped
  • 2 cups parsley leaves (flat-leaf or curly), chopped
  • ground allspice to taste

Serving Suggestion

  • 8-10 romaine lettuce leaves, washed & dried

How-to

  1. In a small bowl, soak bulgur in enough water to cover it completely for about 10 minutes, then drain well
  2. Combine bulgur with 3 tbsp lemon juice, tomatoes, salt, oil(s), scallions and mint
  3. Add parsley, the remaining 3 tbsp lemon juice and fold all ingredients together. Drizzle in a bit more olive oil as needed to bring the tabbouleh together
  4. Add allspice to taste. Check seasonings and add more salt if needed

Servings Suggestion

  • Arrange lettuce leaves around edges of a serving bowl or platter, with the stem-ends towards the center. Spoon a small amount of tabbouleh onto each of the lettuce leaves

Excerpted from: Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens by Lynne Christy Anderson

Comments (2)

  • Posted Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 6:51 pm by trisha51:
    My husband loves tabbouleh and it's quite expensive buying already prepared. Thank you so much for this video. I think I will try making it for my husband now and he will be enjoying tabbouleh more often!!
  • Posted Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at 4:59 am by Donna:
    Thank You for sharing this web site with me, so that I am able to see your videos. This dish (tabbouleh) looks delicious and I will be making it this weekend to share with my family.

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