Salad - tabouli with tabasco | Better Health Channel

Salad - tabouli with tabasco

Preparation time: 5 minutes   Cooking time: 15 minutes

Recipe highlights Serves: 4

  • Good source of folate, Vitamin C
  • Store covered in fridge (under 5°C)
  • Dairy free
  • Egg free
  • Nut free
  • Low salt

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cracked wheat (burghul)
    2 large tomatoes, diced
    1 white onion, finely diced
    juice of 2 lemons
    1 tablespoon olive oil
    2 cups chopped parsley
    2 tablespoons chopped mint
    few drops of Tabasco sauce

Cooking method

    1. Place the wheat in a bowl, cover with water and set aside for 15 minutes. Pour the mixture into a coarse sieve and stir to remove all the water.
    2. Combine the wheat with the remaining ingredients and serve at once.

Notes: Serve with barbecued or roasted meat or kebabs, or use as a sandwich filling.

Nutritional facts

Average Quantity per ServingAverage Quantity per 100g
Energy280kJ (67Cal)184kJ (44Cal)
Protein4.0g2.7g
Fat, Totalless than 1gless than 1g
- Saturatedless than 1gless than 1g
- Monunsaturatedless than 1gless than 1g
- Polyunsaturatedless than 1gless than 1g
Cholesterolless than 1mgless than 1mg
Carbohydrate6.6g4.3g
Carbohydrate(Avail)6.6g4.3g
- Sugars3.6g2.4g
Water129g84.8g
Dietary Fibre8.4g5.5g
Sodium12mg8mg
Potassium437mg286mg
Magnesium89.6mg (28%RDI)58.8mg
Calcium37.8mg (5%RDI)24.8mg
Phosphorus190mg (19%RDI)125mg
Iron2.3mg (19%RDI)1.5mg
Zincless than 1mgless than 1mg
Thiamin0.2mg (14%RDI)0.1mg
Riboflavin0.1mg (4%RDI)0.0mg
Niacin4.4mg2.9mg
Niacin Eq5.4mg (54%RDI)3.5mg
Vitamin C31.6mg (79%RDI)20.7mg
Folate57.4ug (29%RDI)37.7ug
Vitamin A54.1ug (7%RDI)35.5ug
Retinolless than 0.01ugless than 0.01ug
B-Carotene Eq326ug214ug

Contributed by:

The Cancer Council Victoria
(Logo links to further information)

Source: Lifetrack (1999), Eat! Enjoy! The Lifetrack cookbook, Melbourne.
This recipe was orginally published as:
Tabouli salad

Recipe publication date on: 08/30/2001
Last reviewed on: 13/03/2012


Keep up to date

Email newsletter

Receive BHC health news
See current newsletter

RSS

What is RSS?

Receive RSS updates