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. 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.
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.
Fattoush Salad (V)
This delicious salad is made with toasted pita bread, romaine lettuce, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and radishes. Make it as a part of a Lebanese meze with hummus, baba ganoush, tabbouleh, falafel balls and tahini sauce.
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).
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 362kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 8gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gSodium: 1530mgFiber: 8gSugar: 8g
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