Quinoa Tabbouleh Recipe: How to Make Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad?

We are here with a filling, nutritious and different salad recipe . Tabule (Tabbouleh) is a type of dish that we are not very familiar with in Turkish cuisine. In our Tabule recipe, which is actually one of the most famous salads of Middle Eastern cuisine, you will encounter quinoa instead of bulgur.

Ingredients Required for Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Recipe

[caption id=""attachment_8158"" align=""aligncenter"" width=""601""] Homemade Quinoa Tabbouleh Recipe[/caption] The recipe we will give is not a classic salad recipe that accompanies main dishes. If you are looking for a delicious salad recipe for the day you will organize or for a rich tea time , you are in the right place. We are giving you a very filling recipe that you can consider as a light meal for lunch or dinner. Also, if you are looking for homemade appetizer recipes , quinoa tabbouleh will be an option that comes to your rescue.

Here you go:

Ingredients Needed for Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad:

• 1/2 cup Organic Quinoa
• 1/2 teaspoon rock salt
• 2 bunches of parsley
• 1 bunch of dill
• 2 medium cucumbers
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh mint
• 3 spring onions
• 3 cloves of fresh garlic
• 1 handful of pomegranate pulp
• 1 handful of walnuts

How to Make Quinoa Tabbouleh?

• After washing the quinoa in water, we cook it with 1 glass of water.
• We chop the parsley, dill, onion and garlic very, very finely.
• We chop the cucumbers into small cubes.
• We crush the walnuts.
• After cooking the quinoa, we cool it.
• We mix all the ingredients thoroughly with our quinoa that has reached room temperature.

For the sauce:

• We add plenty of olive oil, as much pomegranate syrup and lemon juice as we want, and mix again.

What other ingredients can be added to the Quinoa Tabbouleh Recipe?

Our Quinoa Tabbouleh; It turned out very rich and delicious, if you want you can add halved cherry tomatoes, grated carrots as vegetables, and you can add organic black peppercorns , organic white peppercorns , sumac, allspice, organic hot chili and red pepper as spices to the sauce. In this way, we can also make immune system strengthening additions to our salad that we can consume as an appetizer.

Tips for Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Recipe

• If we soak the quinoa in water for 15 minutes before boiling it, our quinoa begins to give off its flavor.
• Vinegar is a product that is never used in tabbouleh. The sauce always uses plenty of lemon and, if desired, pomegranate syrup. Using plenty of olive oil in the sauce is also a recommended detail for this salad.
• The more pomegranates we have in our salad, the better, even if it is just for decoration. The aim is to get a red and green appearance.