Tabbouleh - Middle Eastern Salad

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups couscous
• 6 lemons, juice of
• 1/2 cup very fine dice onion
• 1/2 cup fine dice cucumber
• 1/2 cup fine dice tomato
• 1/2 cup fine dice salami
• 1/4 cup fine chopped cilantro
• 1 cup fine chopped fresh parsley
• 1 cup fine chopped fresh mint
• 1/4-1/2 cup virgin olive oil
• sea salt
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak couscous in lemon juice until centre of grain is soft, should at least double in quantity. should be enough lemon juice to just coat each grain.
• 2 add onion and salt and pepper and allow to stand for few minutes, minimum.
• 3 add rest of ingredients and mix well, best if served at room temp and left for a few hours.
• 4 great next day but herbs will look a bit sad!
• 5 great served with rich meats or any rich dish that needs the zap of the lemon to refresh the palate.