Fattoush salad
Fattoush salad is a popular salad in Middle Eastern cuisine, it's refreshing with tangy dressing and crispy pita bread.
Ingredients
Fattoush salad:
- 3 cups Romain lettuce chopped, packed
- 2 Tomatoes chopped
- 2 Persian cucumbers chopped
- ¾ cup Radishes sliced
- 1 cup Purslane leaves
- ½ cup Pomegranate seeds
- ½ cup Parsley roughly chopped
- ½ cup Mint leaves roughly chopped
- 2 Pita bread
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
Pickled onions:
- ½ red onion sliced
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp sumac powder
- ¼ tsp sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
Fattoush dressing:
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 tsp sumac powder
- 3 tbsp pomegranate molasses
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
Making pickled onions:
- Mix the marinade ingredients in a jar and add the red sliced onion, shake well to combine, and keep the jar in the fridge to add to the salad later.
Salad dressing:
- Add all the salad dressing ingredients to a jar and shake well to combine. Set aside.
Making Fattoush salad:
- Preheat the oven to 180-200°C. Cut the pita bread into small-medium size square shapes, and transfer it to a baking tray. Add the olive oil and mix to coat the squared bread pieces. Put the tray in the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes until golden crispy. Take them out of the oven and let them cool.
- To a mixing bowl add all the chopped veggies and herbs, add the pickled onions, crispy pitas, and the dressing. Mix to combine. Serve and enjoy.