Growing up, my mum used to make tabouli all the time for picnics and barbecues. The suburb where I grew up was all white bread and vegemite so this salad was an exotic addition.
Mum had to get burghul, the cracked wheat that is a key ingredient in this Middle Eastern salad, from our local health food as the supermarkets didn’t sell it and the most exotic international cuisine in my ‘hood at the time was pizza.
‘I can remember when the first Pizza Hut came here and that was exotic,’ mum said.
Thankfully, Sydney’s suburbs are much more multicultural and dishes like tabouli are mainstream.
This salad is now so mainstream that even Miss8, who won’t touch a tomato, fought tooth and nail to have a third helping of tabouli.
The Hungry Dad is a bit in love with Middle Eastern fare and loves nothing more than a meal of falafel, hommous and tabouli.
We grow parsley in our garden and tend to make tabouli when the parsley gets out of control.
GATHER:
1 cup burghul
3 small vine-ripened tomatoes, seeds removed, finely diced
1 bunch flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
½ red onion, finely diced
dressing
2 tablespoons extra version olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
sea salt, to taste
LET’S GET TO IT:
Cover burghul in boiling water plus another centimetre or so. Stir, cover with a plate a and leave for 10 minutes or until all the water is absorbed. Stir and fluff up with a fork, set aside.
Combine all ingredients into a medium bowl, tip in soaked burghul, then lightly stir with a silver spoon.
Dress just prior to serving and season to taste.
the hungry mum 
Tabouli, always a reminder of the woman who taught me to make it so many years ago.
Such a great standby for a picnic or easy lunch.
Hehe I remember when we first tried lasagna! That was a revelation. And look at everything people eat now 😀
Hard to believe the way Australians ate not that long ago #boring
I love tabouli salad 🙂
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The tomato background is a great idea!
Thanks! Those were some lovely toms.
Great photos! My mother never made anything exotic. Our salad consisted of iceberg lettuce and tomatoes. 😀
Cheers Karen. I never realised how exotic it was until we’d go to friend’s houses with the salad and people had no idea what it was 😉
Lovely Hungry Mum and lucky you have parsley to hand in the garden – otherwise tabbouli can end up on the expensive side….
Thanks Laura 🙂 Parsley is pretty much the only thing I can’t kill – along with rosemary and my bay tree!
Love it!
I looooove tabouli.. There is something about fresh parsley that just makes you feel so healthy. You know this is all I am going to want for lunch tomorrow now…!!:)
Agree! Plus it is super dooper easy to make – what’s not to love?!
Looks amazing
thanks – it is so fresh and tasty!
Ooh, YUM! I haven’t had tabouli in awhile and I think this needs to go on the menu soon!
it is so good! And a real crowd pleaser, too.
What a beautiful salad!
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Thank you! We eat lots of tabouli 🙂
That looks delicious! And lucky for me, my parsley in the garden is growing like crazy.
Thanks! Parsley is one of the only things I cannot kill 😉