Syria · salad · English edition
Fattoush
A salad of vegetables and herbs with fried pieces of flatbread and sumac.
4 servings · 30 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 4 servings.
- 2 piece Pita bread, stale
- 4 piece Tomatoes
- 3 piece Cucumbers
- 8 piece Radishes
- 200 g Romaine lettuce
- 4 piece Spring onions
- 40 g Parsley
- 20 g Fresh mint
- 2 tbsp Sumac
- 2 tbsp Pomegranate molasses
- 2 piece Lemon
- 80 ml Olive oil
- 2 clove Garlic
- to taste Salt and pepper
Method
- Tear the bread by hand into two-finger pieces and fry them in olive oil until browned.
- Drain the bread on paper and dust it with half the sumac while it is still hot.
- Cut the tomatoes, cucumbers and radishes into large uneven pieces; the salad should be rough rather than neat.
- Tear the lettuce by hand and chop the herbs and spring onion.
- Whisk a dressing from the lemon juice, pomegranate molasses, crushed garlic, the remaining sumac, oil and salt.
- Toss the vegetables in the dressing, add the bread and serve at once.
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