Saturday, February 24, 2007

Quinoa Tabouli

Extremely easy recipe, and a good substitute for burgul, or, as Americans call it, "bulgur". True, not the traditional main ingredient, so probably not for purists; but very tasty nevertheless. Simply mix the following ingredients:

2 cups cooked quinoa
1 fresh cucumber, chopped into teeny-tiny pieces
3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
1 tbsp chopped cilantro
juice from 1 lemon

optional:
1/2 chopped tomato
1 tbsp chopped onion
1 tbsp pumpkin seeds and/or pine nuts

Then, put salad in fridge and let marinate for a while.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

thanks for the idea - this made a great lunch today, and a great use for leftover quinoa and lentils.
i added radish, red pepper, and french lentils.

Hadar said...

Neat, Chanie!

Lentils and quinoa go really, really well together, and in fact can constitute a great mejeddera (traditional rice/wheat with lentils dish, with fried onions).