Tabbouleh

Tabbouleh

This classic and well-loved Middle-Eastern dish is perfect to serve with fish

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 - 20 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Prepare the couscous: Put the couscous into a large bowl. Pour over the boiling water or stock and stir. Cover with a plate or cling film and leave to stand for 5 mins until all the liquid has been absorbed. Separate the grains by roughing them up with a fork.
  2. Finely dice the vine-ripened tomatoes and the cucumber. Slice the spring onions and finely chop the parsley, then add everything to the couscous with the grated zest of a lemon.
  3. Whisk the olive oil, lemon juice and the garlic with plenty of seasoning and drizzle over the couscous. Toss well and serve with some grilled fish, meat or chicken.
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Serving the right amount

For 2 servings of couscous, you'll need about 125g couscous and 150ml of water or stock. For 4 servings, the quantities are 250g couscous and 300ml water or stock. For 6, you'll need 350g couscous and 500ml water or stock.

Per serving

320 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 37g, fat 18 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 2g, salt 0.04 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2004.

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  • 2007-11-01 09:43:49.061263

    MrsB rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for some Friends for Lunch. I was really easy and tasted fab. Everyone loved it, i've made it again since too.

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  • 2008-03-03 10:11:32.545656

    snowberry rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made this for my children and they loved it despite not being particularly fond of fish. They loved the sauce the most. We had it with the tabboulah which went down even better!

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  • 2008-03-03 19:25:59.772528

    good food commented on this recipe

    Excellent recommended

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  • 2008-05-21 17:29:00.140558

    Liina rated this recipe

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  • 2008-09-01 19:29:37.616539

    flubbles1982 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Had this for dinner tonight with some lamb burgers in pitta bread and worked really well. Cooked this for two people so I halved the ingredients and the quantities worked really well! Would work great for a buffet or even a dinner party, great blend of flavours.

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  • 2009-01-12 18:49:58.747333

    LebGirl commented on this recipe

    Try it with with fine bulghur soaked in warm water then drained. It can be used instead of cousous for a traditional Lebanese version!

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  • 2009-05-07 15:39:19.209547

    Huda commented on this recipe

    Hi.. I have signed specially to add my comments on this dish. Well actually this is not Tabbouleh.. You can give other names to it but not Tabouleh. You can find the meannig of Tabbouleh on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabbouleh. In the original Tabbouleh we don't use couscous, we use a liitle of fine Bulgur... hope you consider my comments

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  • 2010-04-22 16:10:09.136947

    glyderau rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really nice, fresh and healthy side dish. I made it with courgette instead of cucumber and served it with soy-glazed seared tuna. Delicious!

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  • 2010-05-08 22:16:41.584078

    Linzeeeeeee commented on this recipe

    Made this tonight, only for 2 people so halved the ingredients, but used quinoa instead of cous cous, red pepper instead of cucumber and corriander instead of parsely and served it with grilled chicken... it went down a storm! Will DEFINITELY be making again, especially with barbeques coming up!

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  • 2010-06-17 18:42:37.891933

    Jenni commented on this recipe

    Tabbouleh is not made with couscous. Also, it needs more parsley.

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  • 2010-12-11 22:37:36.527992

    cereal_killer rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 2011-02-02 16:41:00.351411

    carly rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So easy and tastes great, made big portion for a party and everyone loved it.

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  • 2011-05-20 19:57:14.9501

    Speshalkay rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Nom nom nom! I made a batch enough for 4 just for the 2 of us, and a good job too! I scoffed half of it before it even hit the plate :-)

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  • 2011-09-24 12:37:29.588088

    susymac commented on this recipe

    EEEK!! You should be using BULGHUR wheat for this salad and not couscous!! It needs to be soaked for an hour to two hours...couscousnis much too soft for the job...please!!

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  • 2011-12-04 17:19:50.239961

    Debsy commented on this recipe

    Great, really healthy one for the kids, served it as side to lamb meatballs in a tomato sauce. Went down very well.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 - 20 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

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320 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 37g, fat 18 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 2g, salt 0.04 g

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