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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal478
  • fat25g
  • saturates4g
  • carbs53g
  • sugars12g
  • fibre8g
  • protein14g
  • salt1.36g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Cook the falafels according to pack instructions and boil the kettle. Tip the couscous into a large bowl, pour over 325ml boiling water, cover, then leave to stand for 5 mins until all of the water is absorbed.

  • step 2

    Fluff up the couscous with a fork, then stir through the lemon zest, juice from 1½ lemons, olive oil, spring onions, cucumber, mint and three-quarters of the parsley with plenty of seasoning. Tip onto a large platter.

  • step 3

    Mix the remaining lemon juice and parsley into the yogurt, then spoon into a small bowl. Scatter the hot falafel over the couscous salad, then serve the yogurt sauce alongside.

RECIPE TIPS
TABBOULEH CHICKEN

Make salad and dip as left. Rub a whole chicken with 50g softened butter mashed with 2 tsp harissa paste, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp coriander seeds and seasoning. Roast for 20 mins at 200C/180C fan/ gas 6, then for 20 mins per 450g/1lb at 180C/ 160C fan/gas 4.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2009

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A star rating of 4.2 out of 5.9 ratings

saadsaidi

I've tried the recipe and its Fantastic! Please take this from Lebanese Mediterranean, This is not tabbouleh. You are actually disorienting people from the real dish. Mediterranean Falafel Salad would have been a great name.

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Ken Simeral

I baked my falafel in a mini muffin tin that was lightly oiled. I baked them covered at 375 degrees F for 15 min. (the same amount of time it took to cook the quinoa which I subbed for the couscous). I removed the foil and let bake for an additional 5 minutes. I didn’t have mint so, I left it out. I…

flauffy

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

This was a tasty lunch idea! Adapted it quite a bit: used bulghur wheat rather than couscous and added radishes to the mix. Also I had no falafels (or time to make from scratch) so added some roast spiced chickpeas to get that beany kick. Yummy!

bluejay

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

I add thinly sliced celery and radishes to this dish to increase the "crunch" factor and agree that you need plenty of yoghurt dressing to go with it. I used half-fat creme fraiche once when I had no yoghurt and it worked well too.

eleanormayo

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Loved this as a quick throw together supper after a busy day. Make sure you have a lot of the yoghurt though as it could be quite dry otherwise.

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