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Eggplant Tabbouleh
🥙 Middle Eastern Vegetarian

Eggplant Tabbouleh

🥙 Middle Eastern

A bright, herb-packed middle eastern salad where eggplant meets a punchy dressing — fresh, loud and addictive. 15 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 0 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion1/2, thinly sliced
  • Mint Leaves1 handful
  • Lemon1, juiced
  • Olive Oil3 tbsp
  • Fresh Parsleyhandful, torn
  • Eggplant2 large
  • Bulgur150 g

Instructions

  1. 1

    Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.

  2. 2

    Prepare the eggplant — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.

  3. 3

    Toss the eggplant with the onion, fresh parsley and the dressing just before serving.

  4. 4

    Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lemon if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the ground cumin in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Tabbouleh Recipe (Salad) · on YouTube