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Fattoush Salad

Fattoush salad is a very colorful salad from Lebanon composed of greens and vegetables like tomato, cucumber, radish as well as toasted bread

Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 8 people
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Lebanese , Vegan

Ingredients

  • 12 leaves romaine lettuce , coarsely chopped
  • 3 tomatoes , coarsely chopped
  • 1 cucumber
  • 6 radishes , quartered
  • 4 scallions , sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic , crushed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 lemons , juiced
  • 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
  • 6 tablespoons olive oil
  • a few fresh mint leaves
  • 1 bunch purslane , chopped (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons sumac
  • 3 loaves pita bread

Instructions

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  1. Peel the cucumber, then cut in half lengthwise. Seed it, and coarsely chop it.
  2. In a bowl, combine the garlic, salt, lemon juice, pomegranate molasses, 1 tablespoon of sumac and 4 tablespoons of olive oil.
  3. In a separate bowl, combine the sumac with 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
  4. Separate the pita bread in two thinner flat breads to obtain 6 thin flat breads total. Brush them with the sumac and olive oil, then cut them in 1-inch (2 cm) squares. Toast them in an oven preheated at 400 F (200°C).
  5. The pita bread can alternatively be fried. To do so, preheat 1 cup (250 ml) of oil in a skillet and fry the pita bread pieces until golden, for about 1 minute. Drain on a plate lined with paper towel.
  6. In a large bowl, combine all the vegetables and greens. Pour the dressing, and sprinkle with a little sumac.
  7. Add the toasted or fried pita bread right before serving, and toss well.
  8. Serve immediately.