Tabbouleh (Arabic: تبولة‎; also Tabbouleh, tabouleh, tabbouli, tabouli) is a Lebanese salad dish, often used as part of a mezze. Its primary ingredients are bulgur, finely chopped parsley, mint, tomato, scallion (spring onion), and other herbs with lemon juice and various seasonings, generally including black pepper and sometimes cinnamon and allspice. In Lebanon, where the dish originated, it is often eaten by scooping it up in Romaine lettuce leaves.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup bulgur
• 1 bunch fresh parsley (preferably flat leaf), finely chopped
• 1/2 bunch fresh mint. Pick leaves only, finely chopped
• 1 large diced tomato
• 1 small chopped onion
• 1 lemon juice
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• ½ tsp salt, or to taste
• ½ tsp pepper, or to taste

Procedure

1. Place the bulgur in the lemon juice and set aside for 15 minutes.
2. When the bulgur is soft, mix all the ingredients: bulgur, parsley, mint, tomato, onion. lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add olive oil last, and toss well. You may need to add lemon juice if needed.