Middle Eastern Salad
Description
This Middle Eastern Salad is part of our daily fare. It is delicious and healthy and goes with any dish on earth, a "passe-partout" salad that makes a great addition to barbecues, pilafs, mujadara, stews, hummus, dips or even with any heavy main dish your heart desire.
Ingredients
- 5 tomatoes sliced into discs
- 3 medium-sized cucumbers sliced into discs
- 6 romaine lettuce leaves shredded
- 2 red cabbage leaves shredded, optional
- ¼ cup parsley finely chopped
- 2 radishes cut into discs
- 6 fresh mint leaves
- 1 onion sliced into discs
Dressing:
- 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- A juice of a freshly-squeezed lemon juice
- Salt to taste
- A dash of sumac
Instructions
- Add the mint leaves to the garlic and grind, with a mortar and pestle, until you have a creamy texture.
- Add the tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, parsley, onions, and radishes to the garlic and mint paste.
- Add the olive oil, lemon juice, sumac, salt, and pomegranate molasses to the mix.
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Notes
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