A tabouli salad that is full of verdant green healthy veggies that you will soon add to your salad repertoire. A must-have side at your next barbecue.
This Tabouli Salad is a variation to the classic tabbouleh recipe with the addition of the celery and creamy avocado, a wonderful accompaniment to the dark burghul wheat.
What is Traditional taboulI?
Traditional Lebanese tabbouleh is a lemony herb salad with chopped tomatoes and a small amount of fine bulgur wheat.
Steps to making green tabouli salad
1 Place the burghul in a bowl and completely cover it with 1 cup boiling water, then let it stand covered for 20-30 minutes or until softened. Drain it in a colander and rinse under cold water. Still, in the colander, press out excess water with a metal spoon.
ADD BURGUL & WATER TO BOWL FLUFF WITH A FORK AFTER 20-30 MINS
2Wash the parsley and the mint, shake to remove excess water, pat dry with a towel and then roughly chop. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
CHOP PARSLEY LEAVES CHOP MINT LEAVES
3Wash and peel the cucumber, cut off the tops and bottoms and cut into a medium dice. Transfer to your bowl.
Wash your celery stalk, de-thread it and slice thinly, transfer to your bowl.
Trim the spring onions, wash them thoroughly to remove any dirt, then slice thinly. Transfer to your bowl.
Peel your avocado, remove the seed and then cut into a medium dice. Transfer to your bowl.
DICE YOUR CELERY WITH A KNIFE THINLY SLICE CELERY DICE YOUR CUCUMBERS THINLY SLICE YOUR ONIONS DICE AVOCADO & ADD LEMON JUICE
4Place the drained burghul wheat to your bowl with the salad ingredients. Add the oil and lemon juice, season with salt and pepper. Toss the salad until well combined, taste and adjust seasonings according to your taste.
Arrange in a salad bowl, garnish with a sprinkle of paprika and serve.
Serving ideas
A versatile salad that can be served with pretty much anything from red meats, poultry or seafood.
A great salad to make for your next barbecue as its flavours compliment charred meats beautifully.
Also, a great salad to make for a packed lunch with the addition of a protein such as grilled chicken breast or tinned tuna flakes.
Other grain salad recipes to try:
Ingredients
- ½ cup burghul wheat
- ½ bunch parsley (approximately 1 cup)
- 1 bunch mint (approximately 1 cup)
- 2 green onions
- 1 Lebanese cucumber
- 1 stick celery
- 1 avocado diced
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper
- Paprika to garnish
Instructions
- Place the burghul in a bowl and completely cover it with 1 cup boiling water, then let it stand covered for 20-30 minutes or until softened. Drain it in a colander and rinse under cold water. Still, in the colander, press out excess water with a metal spoon.
- Wash the parsley and the mint, shake to remove excess water, pat dry with a towel and then roughly chop. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
- Wash and peel the cucumber, cut off the tops and bottoms and cut into a medium dice. Transfer to your bowl.
- Wash your celery stalk, de-thread it and slice thinly, transfer to your bowl.
- Trim the spring onions, wash them thoroughly to remove any dirt, then slice thinly. Transfer to your bowl.
- Peel your avocado, remove the seed and then cut into a medium dice. Transfer to your bowl.
- Place the drained burghul wheat to your bowl with the salad ingredients. Add the oil and lemon juice, season with salt and pepper. Toss the salad until well combined, taste and adjust seasonings according to your taste.
- Arrange in a salad bowl, garnish with a sprinkle of paprika and serve.
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.
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