Tabbouleh - Armenian Cracked Wheat Salad

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 cups fine bulgur
• 1 bunch fresh parsley, minced fine
• 1 bunch scallion, minced fine
• 4 tomatoes, skinned and peeled, if desired chopped fine
• 1 bunch fresh mint or 2 teaspoons dried mint
• 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper (optional)
• 1/3 cup olive oil (pure or substitute)
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• salt

Recipe

• 1 soak bulgur in cold water to cover, for an hour or so.
• 2 squeeze out the water with hands and mix with other ingredients except oil, lemon juice and salt.
• 3 mix with olive oil, lemon juice and salt, using proportions agreeable to your taste.
• 4 it is important that vegetables be minced very fine.
• 5 serve in a bowl or dish surrounded with romaine leaves or fresh tender grape leaves.
• 6 the leaves are used to scoop up the salad.
• 7 prepare the mixture early enough so flavors blend.