Fattoush

This week’s blog is going to be about a different type of Middle Eastern salad which is Fattoush. Like I mentioned before, salads are a very important and healthy part of our everyday meals. Most people do include a salad as an important part of their meal either as an appetizer or as a side dish on their main entrees. Furthermore, salads are a big part in a vegetarian’s lifestyle and they would like to include it in every meal.  Last week’s blog was about Tabouleh which is a Lebanese salad and this week I’m going to tell you about another most important salad in the Middle East which is Fattoush.

Fattoush is a Levantine bread salad made from toasted or fried pieces of pita bread combine with mixed greens and other vegetables. Fattoush includes different vegetables and herbs according to season and taste. The vegetables are cut into large pieces compared to Tabouleh, which requires ingredients to be finely chopped. Sumac is usually used to give Fattoush its sour taste.

Fattoush

Ingredients:

Salad:

·      Pita breads, halved, toasted until golden brown, broken into bite-size pieces

·      1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

·      Kosher salt

·      3 medium ripe tomatoes, chopped

·     1 pound Persian cucumbers, thinly sliced crosswise

·      6 scallions, thinly sliced

·      2 romaine lettuces, or 1 small head romaine lettuce, cut crosswise into 3/4" strips

·      2 cups (loosely packed) flat-leaf parsley leaves

·      1 cup fresh mint leaves

·      Ground sumac (optional)

Dressing: 

•   4 teaspoons ground sumac
•   3 tablespoons (or more) fresh lemon juice
•  2 tablespoons (or more) pomegranate molasses
•  2 teaspoons (or more) white wine vinegar
•  1/2 teaspoon dried mint
•  3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
•  Salt

After adding all these ingredients, you add the dressing to the salad. It is better to add these ingredients in a bowl and mix it all together then add it to your Fattoush to get better results! Finally, this is how you make Fattoush, which is one of the simplest and easiest salads to make as you can see! Hope you guys enjoyed it!!