This quick and easy recipe is a combination of a traditional Tabouleh salad with your classic British salad.
I am obsessed with Middle Eastern cuisine, and unusual salads mainly because the flavours are so fresh and vibrant, but really simple too.
This tabouleh salad is quick and easy to make so it's perfect as a work lunch. But the best thing about it is it tastes amazing and is super good for you.
Tabouleh salad recipe
Tabouleh meets your typical British salad to make a really fulfilling and tasty salad.
Ingredients
- 60 g buckwheat
- 150 ml hot water
- 1 tbsp bouillon
- 8 cherry tomatoes on the vine or 3 small tomatoes
- 1 red onion
- 1 baby gem lettuce
- 1 lime
- 1/4 bunch of coriander and parsley
Instructions
- Cook the buckwheat as per packet instructions with the bouillon diluted into the water. I usually leave on a very low heat for 12 minutes until all the water has been absorbed and rinse briefly with a little cold water.
- Finely dice all your salad ingredients, the tomatoes, lettuce and onion.
- Mix the salad with the buckwheat and squeeze in the lime juice.
- Finely chop the parsley and coriander and mix into the salad.
Notes
You can cook the buckwheat ahead of time to give it chance to cool. If making it fresh I like to run it under a little cold water before mixing it with the salad.
You can mix up the ingredients a little too, so why not try adding peppers or substituting red onion for spring onion? I usually use whatever I have in my salad drawer.
Tabouleh is a Levantine recipe, which is an area we now know as Syria, Palestine, and Jordan.
It traditionally sees a lot more parsley, mint and tomatoes mixed with onions and lemon juice or olive oil. Other variations exist, using lettuce, as used in this recipe.
Buckwheat is a seed, or what nutritionists refer to as a pseudocereal. Much like quinoa it is eaten like a grain or cereal but in fact is not related to wheat or grasses, so is naturally gluten free, and nutritious while still being low in cholesterol and fats.
Tabouleh Salad Recipe Images
You'll love how fresh this tabouleh salad tastes. And it's sooo good for you!
Let me Know Your Thoughts.
If you make my tabouleh salad recipe I'd love to hear your thoughts. Was it easy to make? Tasty? The best salad ever? Or just not for you?
