Levantine dish of parsley and bulgur
Tabbouleh (Arabic : تبولة , romanized : tabbūla ), also transcribed tabouleh , tabbouli , tabouli , or taboulah , is a Levantine salad made mostly of finely chopped parsley , with tomatoes , mint , onion , soaked uncooked bulgur , and seasoned with olive oil , lemon juice , salt and sweet pepper. Some variations add lettuce, or use semolina instead of bulgur.[1] [2]
Tabbouleh is traditionally served as part of a mezze in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Arab world .[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Like hummus , baba ghanoush , pita bread , and other elements of Arab cuisine , tabbouleh has become a popular food in the United States .[8] [9]
^ Sami Zubaida, "National, Communal and Global Dimensions in Middle Eastern Food Cultures" in Sami Zubaida and Richard Tapper , A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East , London and New York, 1994 and 2000, ISBN 1-86064-603-4 , p. 35, 37; Claudia Roden , A Book of Middle Eastern Food , p. 86; Anissa Helou , Oxford Companion to Food , s.v. Lebanon; Maan Z. Madina, Arabic-English Dictionary of the Modern Literary Language , 1973, s.v. تبل
^ Oxford Companion to Food , s.v. tabbouleh
^ Basan, Ghillie (2006). Middle Eastern Kitchen . Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0-7818-1190-3 .
^ Wright, Clifford A. (2001). Mediterranean Vegetables: A Cook's ABC of Vegetables and Their Preparation in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa with More Than 200 Authentic Recipes for the Home Cook . Harvard Common Press. ISBN 978-1-55832-196-0 .
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^ Davis, Craig S. (2011-03-10). The Middle East For Dummies . John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-05393-5 .
^ Basan, Ghillie (2006). Middle Eastern Kitchen . Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0-7818-1190-3 .
^ Zelinsky, 2001 p. 118 .
^ Schloss, Andrew (2007-11-01). Almost from Scratch: 600 Recipes for the New Convenience Cuisine . Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-9589-2 .