InArab cuisine salads are often served as a first course. A variety of salads are brought to the table on small plates, as inmezze.
Tabbouleh, a salad of finely chopped parsley, with tomatoes, mint, onion, and soaked bulgur, is one of the most popular Arab salads. Mixed vegetable salads, and salads of cookedeggplant orchick peas are common. Green salad, known as the "Salata Khadra", consists of cucumbers, tomatoes, a bundle offresh parsley, salt and pepper and the juice of onelemon.
Pita and other flat breads are commonly served alongside salads.
| Name | Image | Region | Description |
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| Arab salad |  | Arab world | Combines many different vegetables and spices, and often served as part of amezze |
| Baba ghanoush |  | Levant | Also eggplant salad is a dish of cookedeggplant mixed withtahina,olive oil and various seasonings.[1][2] |
| Cucumber and yogurt salad |  | Arab world | Is made of saltedstrained yogurt (usually fromsheep orgoat milk) or dilutedyogurt[3] |
| Fattoush |  | Levant | A bread salad made from toasted or fried pieces ofpita bread (khubz 'arabi) combined with mixed greens and othervegetables.[4] |
| Ful medames salad |  | Levant | Made of beans, chopped tomatoes, onion, parsley, lemon juice, olive oil, pepper and salt. |
| Hummus salad |  | Levant | Is made of drychickpea,soda carbonate,lemon juice,garlic,tahini, salt,olive oil, andcumin.[5] |
| Malfouf salad |  | Levant | Is made of cabbage, lemon juice,olive oil,garlic, salt and much fresh or dried mint.[6][7][8] |
| Mechouia salad |  | Tunisia | Tunisian salad of grilled vegetables: tomatoes, peppers, onions and garlic |
| Qrymutah |  | Central Syria | Bulgur, onion, parsley, cucumber, lemon juice, olive oil. Served withgrape leaves. |
| Raheb |  | Levant | Made witheggplant (aubergine) and tomatoes. |
| Rubiyan salad |  | Arab world | Is made ofshrimp,tomato.mayonnaise, lettuce leaves,ketchup, hotsauce,mustard,lemon juice, and salt.[9][10] |
| Shepherd salad |  | Levant | Chopped salad of finely diced tomato and cucumber. Usually made of tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and parsley, and dressed with fresh lemon juice, olive oil and black pepper. Generally, the cucumbers are not peeled. The key is using very fresh vegetables and chopping them as finely as possible.[11] |
| Shʿifurah |  | Coastal Syria | Shanklish cheese with chopped tomato and onion and olive oil.[12] |
| Tabbouleh |  | Levant | Finely choppedparsley,bulgur,mint, tomato,scallion, and otherherbs with lemon juice, olive oil and various seasonings, generally including black pepper and sometimescinnamon andallspice. |
| Wheat salad |  | Arab world | Is made ofwheat,corn,tomatoes,carrots,cucumber pickles,lemon,parsley,olive oil and salt.[13] |
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