Fattoush Salad (V)
This delicious fattoush 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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