Tabbouleh

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Tabbouleh
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Tabbouleh
Origin
Place of origin Levant
Region or state Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Iraq
Details
Course served Salad
Serving temperature Cold
Main ingredient(s) Parsley, tomato, bulgur
Variations Pomegranate seeds instead of tomato

Tabbouleh (Arabic: تبولة‎‎ tabūlah; also tabouleh or tab(b)ouli) is a Lebanese and Arabian vegetarian dish (sometimes considered a salad) traditionally made of tomatoes, finely chopped parsley, mint, bulgur and onion, and seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, and salt. Some variations add garlic or lettuce, or use couscous instead of bulgur.[1][2]

Tabbouleh is traditionally served as part of a mezze in the Arab world. Variations of it are made by Turks and Armenians, and it has become a popular ethnic food in Western cultures.

Etymology

The Levantine Arabic tabbūle is derived from the Arabic word taabil, meaning seasoning.[3] Use of the word in English first appeared in the 1950s.[3]

History

To the Arabs, edible herbs known as qaḍb[4] formed an essential part of their diet in the Middle Ages, and dishes like tabbouleh attest to their continued popularity in Middle Eastern cuisine today.[5] Originally from the mountains of Lebanon, Jordan and Syria,[6] tabbouleh has become one of the most popular salads in the Middle East.[7] In Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, the wheat variety salamouni cultivated in the region around Mount Lebanon, Beqaa Valley and Baalbek was considered (in the mid-19th century) as particularly well-suited for making bulgur, a basic ingredient of tabbouleh.[8]

Tabbouleh and other vegetable-based mezze dishes popular in Syria were mocked by Baghdadi women and cooks when they were first introduced to them, because they were seen as being a means to scrimp on the use of meat.[9]

Regional variations

In the Middle East, particularly Lebanon, Syria and Jordan it is usually served as part of a meze,[10][11] with romaine lettuce.[12] The Lebanese use more parsley than bulgur wheat in their dish.[10] A Turkish variation of the dish is known as kısır,[7] while a similar Armenian dish is known as eetch. In Cyprus, where the dish was introduced by the Lebanese,[citation needed] it is known as tambouli. In the Dominican Republic, a local version introduced by Lebanese immigrants is called Tipile.[13]

Like hummus, baba ghanouj, pita and other elements of Arab cuisine, tabbouleh has become a popular "American ethnic food".[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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 and Syria; Maan Z. Madina, Arabic-English Dictionary of the Modern Literary Language, 1973, s.v. تبل
  2. ↑ Oxford Companion to Food, s.v. tabbouleh
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  5. ↑ Wright, 2001, p. xxi.
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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Basan, 2007, p. 180-181.
  8. ↑ Nabhan, 2008, pp. 77-78.
  9. ↑ Caplan, 1997, p. 73.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Wright, 2001, p. 251. "In the Arab world, tabbouleh (tabbūla) is a salad usually made as part of the mazza table (p xx) especially in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine."
  11. ↑ Arthur L. Meyer, Jon M. Vann, The Appetizer Atlas: A World of Small Bites, John Wiley and Sons, 2003, p. 353.
  12. ↑ Terry Carter, et al., Syria and Lebanon, Lonely Planet, 2004
  13. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=bB2cedC3ruQC&pg=PA56
  14. ↑ Zalinksy, 2001 p. 118.

Bibliography

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