Salatim

Salatim is a traditional term that denotes a huge variety of salads, dips, spreads, and slaws that are served at home before a big meal, or in restaurants that specialize in grilled meat dishes. The assorted bowls might contain matbucha (roasted peppers and tomatoes), chopped liver, carrots, Israeli salad (tomatoes and cucumbers), hummus, baba ghanoush, beets, cabbage, tahini, skhug, or cauliflower salad, among others. Salatim is a Hebrew word, meaning salads. It's often served with pita bread on the side, and once the salads have been eaten, they're followed by various grilled meat dishes in most Israeli barbecue restaurants.