tabouli

American  

[tuh-boo-lee] / təˈbu li /

Sometimes tabooli also tabouleh,

noun

Middle Eastern Cooking.

1. a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.

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Etymology

Origin of tabouli

First recorded in 1960–65; from Levantine Arabic tabbule, from Arabic tabbūla, derivative of tābil “spice”

Example Sentences

My fallback salad: tabouli with cherry tomatoes, chopped celery, scallions, red sweet pepper, carrot matchsticks, baby spinach and arugula leaves, loads of chopped parsley, lemon juice and olive oil.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2018

Which, again, fine, but I’d much rather read about tabouli, one of my all-time favorite salads about which I unfortunately know very little.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2017

The wrap comes with thick-cut fries topped with chopped garlic, parsley, chili peppers and a dollop of garlic sauce; and a side of tabouli.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2015

Their roster usually includes a decent hummus or tabouli and some better than average grilled meat, dishes that seem to have roots elsewhere.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 7, 2014

One of the helpers, a stout Italian woman named Connie, cut up bread and tomatoes and brought containers of chicken salad, hummus, and tabouli.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom