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tabbouleh

tabbouleh

3 7.7
A salad of chopped parsley, tomatoes, bulgur, and mint dressed with olive oil and lemon
  • noun
  • /tæˈbuːli/
: tabulé
  • Lillian's making her famous tabbouleh salad with fresh parsley and tomatoes.
  • tabbouleh salad
  • tabbouleh mix
  • tabbouleh, hummus

Examples

  • Here it's rubbed over eggplant, which is then roasted and topped with a Middle Eastern salad of bulgur wheat and herbs, something like tabbouleh.

    Blog text (17)

  • There are only three things in this world I hate, steampunk, pirates, and tabbouleh.

    Ready Player One (2018)

  • I think a tabbouleh with this would be fantastic.

    Blog text (16)

  • Lillian's making her famous tabbouleh salad.

    Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

  • Sixty-two dollars minus $ 5. 16.... .... for a hummus-tabbouleh garden burger and all that stuff you love.

    White Men Can't Jump (1992)

  • Some hummus, tabbouleh, don't know what that is, some figs.

    Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

  • And so we're having some Tabouli, we're having some Kibbe, and we're having some fried Lumi, and then I'm having a date and mango smoothie that tastes so fresh.

  • Traditional Middle Eastern tabbouleh includes finely chopped mint and scallions.

  • At the restaurant, I ordered grilled lamb with a side of tabbouleh and hummus.

Surface Forms

tabbouleh singular
tabboulehs plural

Etymology

The word tabbouleh comes from the Arabic tabbūlah, which is related to tabil, meaning 'seasoning' or 'spice'. So the name originally meant 'a seasoned dish', which fits this fresh salad of parsley, bulgur, lemon and olive oil.