Fattoush
Description
Fattoush! Vibrant, colorful, rich, and bursting with flavor. A Middle Eastern/Lebanese bread salad, it is found on the menu of Lebanese restaurants around the globe and is a staple in Lebanese homes.It’s made with fresh vegetables, toasted or fried pita bread, and a bright dressing composed of freshly squeezed lemon juice, sumac, pomegranate molasses, and olive oil. A humble, fresh, and flavorful salad, fattoush has become so trendy and fashionable that some people have even started adding fruit and cheese to it.Okay, I personally like some kind of fruit in my salads, but definitely not in fattoush! If you really want an authentic Lebanese fattoush, just stick to the vegetables and bread!
Ingredients
- 2 cucumbers cut into slices, preferably use Persian or English seedless cucumbers
- 1 small onion cut into rings
- 1 parsley bunch finely chopped
- 1 green bell pepper finely diced
- 5 leaves of lettuce shredded
- 3 radishes sliced into discs
- ½ mint bunch use the leaves only
- A handful of purslane leaves
- 2 leaves cabbage shredded
- 1 leaf red cabbage shredded
- 4 medium-sized tomatoes diced
For the dressing:
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons pomegranate molasses
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 large loaf pita bread or 2 small pita breads
- 1/2 teaspoon sumac
Instructions
- Cut the pita bread into medium squares and toast in the oven. For a crunchier and richer flavor, pita squares can be fried instead.
- Mix all the vegetables in a big salad bowl. Add the garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, sumac, salt, and pomegranate molasses.
- Add the toasted or fried pita bread to the salad. Mix and serve immediately!
- Looking for more pita crouton salads, check our Labneh Tomato and Pomegranate Salad
- Looking for more lemony tangy saladscheck our Tabbouleh, Middle Eastern Salad, Potato, Green Bean and Avocado Salad
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