tabouli

[ tuh-boo-lee ]

noun

, Middle Eastern Cooking.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabouli¹

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