tabooli
Noun: A Middle Eastern salad consisting primarily of finely chopped parsley, mixed with bulgur wheat, tomatoes, mint, scallions (spring onions), and seasoned with lemon juice and olive oil. It is a traditional Levantine dish often served as part of a mezze.
Tabooli is used as a mass noun to refer to the dish itself. It is typically served cold or at room temperature. - For the picnic, she prepared a large bowl of fresh tabooli. - Tabooli is a healthy and refreshing side dish.
The word can be used metonymically to represent the ingredients or style of the dish. - This recipe needs more of a tabooli flavor—add extra lemon and parsley.
- Tabbouleh: The more common alternate spelling in English.
- Tabouli: Another common alternate spelling.
- Parsley salad
- Bulgur salad (This is descriptive but less specific, as not all bulgur salads are .)
Tabooli refers specifically to the salad described. It is not a general term for any chopped salad. The defining characteristics are the use of a large amount of finely chopped parsley and bulgur wheat.
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a finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat
