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Fattoush recipe
- Cuisine: Syrian
After tabouleh, fattoush is the most well known salad of Syria, and for many the sharp flavour of the sumac in the dressing, the crunchiness of the chunky cuts of tomato, cucumber and radish, and the thin baked pieces of bread to soak up the dressing make it the county’s favourite salad. Syrians often eat fattoush by spooning a manageable amount into a lettuce or vine leaf, wrapping it up into a little parcel and eating it with the fingers.
Ingredients
Dressing
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp salt
2 tsp sweet paprika
2 tsp sumac
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
Salad
2 Lebanese cucumbers
2 medium tomatoes
Handful of baqli leaves (purslane)
Handful of finely sliced radish
4 leaves iceberg lettuce
½ red capsicum
½ green capsicum
½ cup of mint
½ cup flat leaf parsley chopped
3 spring onions, chopped
1 toasted pita bread/Lebanese bread
Preparation
Crush the crushed garlic and mix the salt, paprika, sumac, olive oil and lemon juice in a small bowl.
To a large mixing bowl add the following; cucumbers cut into 1cm pieces, tomatoes cut into eighths, baqli leaves, radish, lettuce roughly torn, the red & green capsicum cut into 2cm squares, fresh herbs and the spring onions. Add the bread, torn into small, rough pieces.
Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well. Serve.
NB. More sumac or lemon can be added if desired.
If you enjoyed this Fattoush recipe then browse more Syrian recipes, salad recipes, christmas recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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