Tabbouleh III

Name: Tabbouleh III
Ingredients: ½ cup bulghur wheat (fine grind is best, medium grind acceptable); 2 bunches parsley (flat leaf or curly Italian); 1 bunch green onion; At least 2 cups chopped tomatoes; 5–6 stalks fresh mint; 2–3 lemons, or to taste; Olive oil; Salt; Cucumbers (optional); Romaine lettuce leaves (garnish and scoopers, optional); Fresh grape leaves (optional)

| Mediterranean | Middle Eastern cuisines

Category: Middle Eastern

Ingredients

½ cup bulghur wheat (fine grind is best, medium grind acceptable)
2 bunches parsley (flat leaf or curly Italian)
1 bunch green onion
At least 2 cups chopped tomatoes
5–6 stalks fresh mint
2–3 lemons, or to taste
Olive oil
Salt
Cucumbers (optional)
Romaine lettuce leaves (garnish and scoopers, optional)
Fresh grape leaves (optional)

Instructions

Soak the bulghur wheat in at least three times its volume of cold water. Fine grind only needs a half hour of soaking. Medium grind needs longer. Bulghur wheat has already been parboiled before cracking or grinding, so it doesn’t need further cooking to be edible in tabbouli.
Drain bulghur.
Chop the parsley leaves, green onions, mint, tomatoes and cucumbers.
Chop the parsley quite fine, using a knife, not food processor.
Mix veggies and bulghur together. Douse with strained lemon juice. If you are not ready to serve immediately, then cover and hold in a cool place. Do NOT add salt and olive oil until immediately before serving.

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