gd004@unocss.unomaha.edu (Karam A. Labban) (09/30/90)
The following some recipes for tabuli I got through Email ..
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1 cup fine bulgur
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 bunch flat-leaf parsley, chopped fine
1 small bunch mint, chopped
3 medium tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
juice of 2 lemons
1 to 2 ts salt
fresh ground pepper to taste
Soak bulgur in hot water for 30 minutes or until no longer crunchy. Drain
in fine strainer then squeeze excess water out by hand.
Return bulgur to bowl and add the rest of the ingredients.
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Use the lemon juice to taste. We like a lot, but it might startle you.
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Most of the recipes I have seen use a 2 parts water to 1 part bulghar ratio
which is too much water for more taste. I like a light, rather dry result.
I use about 1 cup of water to .75 cups of bulghar. I pour the bulghar into
boiling water, stir and bring it back to a boil. Cover with a
tight-fitting lid, and remove from heat. Let stand for about a half hour.
For my classic tabbouli, I use tomatoes, green onions or chives, lots of
parsley (fresh!), garlic, mint (I like to use fresh here too), olive oil
and fresh lemon juice. I'm personally not crazy about cukes, so I don't
put them in.
Some variations I use are:
1) carrots, cauliflower, broccolli, whatever fresh crunchy vegetables I
have on hand.
2) marinated artichoke hearts. Substitute oil from the artichoke
hearts for half of the oil in the dressing, and add a bit of dijon
mustard to the dressing; delete the mint. (For the non-veggies, the
original recipe I took this from also added shrimp, which is pretty
tasty).
3) chickpeas or small white beans.
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>From "Cooking the Lebanese Way" by Cedar Hashashe (inexpensive paperback
from AH & AW Reed) slightly adapted by me:
Tabbouli
225g (1c) fine cracked wheat 1 large onion
2 - 3 c parsley 1/2 c olive oil
1 c fresh mint juice of 3 lemons
2 not-quite-ripe tomatoes black pepper
cinnamon (2 heaped tsp)
Soak the wheat 1 hr in cold water.
Finely chopped parsley, mint (I usually am forced to use dried mint which
is quite adequate), tomatoes and onion. Put in a large bowl.
Drain wheat and sqeeze out all moisture with hands.
Toss onto salad. Add spice, lemon juice and oil. Mix well.
Season to taste so that salad is distinctly lemon-tasting and highly spiced.
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