Tabbouleh is a bulgur salad; in fact, it’s also a very green salad. It consists of an abundance of fresh garden herbs jumbled together with bulgur, citrus, and olive oil, which paint this salad an unmistakable green. You might also call tabbouleh a very greedy salad, since there seems to be no limit to the fresh herbs it will absorb.
Tabbouleh is a staple in Levantine cuisine, where warm-weather salads refresh and nourish. It’s a satisfying dish that can serve as a light main course or as an accompaniment to grilled meat, fish, and vegetables, or it can be packed into pita pockets with crumbled feta and a drizzle of garlicky yogurt.
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