salatim
English
editNoun
editsalatim pl (plural only)
- 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.