I talked about how I discovered tabbouleh salad when I started living in Cyprus in a previous post. Fattoush was another salad I discovered at the same time. Both salads were a complete novelty for me. Unlike tabbouleh, fattoush is easier to prepare since cutting the vegetables doesn’t have to be so fine. Fattoush is made with romaine lettuce, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and toasted pita bread. It has a signature herb added to the dressing, called sumac. It’s a really delicious and yummy salad. I especially like the crunchiness coming from toasted pita bread.
Fattoush didn’t grown on me as much as tabbouleh which is my favourite salad. But it’s the best companion to the tabbouleh when I’m making Lebanese meze or Lebanese bowl. Together with hummus, baba ganoush, falafel balls, pita bread, tahini sauce and tahini and carob molasses makes a meal that I can never get tired of. This meze is perfect to serve for larger gatherings. If you are making fattoush just for yourself, you can have it with one or two of these meze dishes, for example with hummus and falafel balls.
Have you made this recipe? Let me know in the comments below. I would love to hear your feedback.
Fattoush Salad (V)
Ingredients
For toasted pita bread:
- 1 pita bread
- 7.5 ml (1/2 tbsp) olive oil
For the salad:
- 120 g romaine lettuce
- 100 g cucumber
- 100 g cherry tomatoes
- 2 radishes
- 3 g fresh parsley
- 3 g fresh mint
For the dressing:
- 10 ml (2 tsp) olive oil
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp sumac
- a pinch of black pepper
Instructions
For pita bread:
- Brush both sides of pita bread with olive oil. Then cut the pita bread in small bite size pieces. Arrange them on a baking plate lined with baking paper. Bake at 180 °C for 10 min.
For the salad:
- Cut romaine lettuce, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, radishes, parsley (mostly the leaf parts) and mint in small pieces. You want a bite sized pieces of vegetables, not too small. Put them in a large bowl.
For the dressing:
- Put all ingredients for the dressing in a small bowl and mix. Pour the dressing over the salad. Mix together.
- Add baked pita bread to the salad and mix again. (You don't want to put it in the salad too soon as it will become too soft.)
- Serve as part of Lebanese meze or Lebanese bowl with other dishes (tabbouleh salad, falafel balls, hummus, baba ganoush, tahini sauce, tahini and carob molasses, pita bread).
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