Moroccan recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has couscous, tomato, cucumber, spring onion, parsley, lemon, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic clove.
Tabbouleh
Course: Moroccan
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Garlic Clove: 1 crushed garlic clove
- Olive Oil: 6 tbsp olive oil
- Tomato: 4 vine-ripened tomatoes
- Spring Onion: 1 bunch spring onions, sliced
- Couscous: 250g couscous
- Parsley: 2 x 20g packs fresh parsley
- Lemon: grated zest of a lemon
- Cucumber: half a cucumber
- Lemon Juice: 2 tbsp lemon juice
Directions
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
