salatim

English

Noun

salatim pl (plural only)

1. Cold dishes served as a course in Israeli cuisine.
   • 2015, Michael Solomonov, Steven Cook, Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking, page 78:

     The custom of starting the meal with salatim originated with the Palestinians.

   • 2015 October 6, Melissa Clark, “In ‘Zahav,’ Michael Solomonov Explores Israeli Food”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It is the genuine cooking that you find all over Israel in both restaurants and homes — cooking that bursts with freshly ground spices and complex flavors, from char-edged kebabs to tahini-rich sauces, chewy grains, fresh herbs and rainbows of vegetable salatim, or small cold salads that are the vivid starting point of every meal.

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