Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, fattoush (pitta bread salad). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Fattoush is a Middle Eastern salad made with fresh vegetables (usually tomato and cucumber) and torn pita bread croutons (known as fatteh in Arabic). Although tomato and cucumber are the standbys, fattoush often includes other veggies, such as radishes, romaine lettuce, scallions, purslane, and bell peppers. Fattoush is a Middle Eastern bread salad made from toasted or fried pita bread, tomatoes, radishes, and cucumber and tossed with a lemon-sumac dressing. The Lebanese are often credited with its creation, but you'll find riffs on this salad throughout the Middle East.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have fattoush (pitta bread salad) using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad):
- Make ready 1 romaine lettuce (or 2 little gems) washed, spun and broken into inch size pieces
- Get 1 small red/purple onion, diced
- Get 3 small ripe tomatoes, diced
- Take 1/2 English cucumber, seeds removed and chopped
- Prepare 2 pitta breads
- Prepare dressing
- Take 1 garlic clove
- Make ready 1/2 lemon, juiced
- Take 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Get 1 salt and black pepper
- Take optional extras
- Make ready 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
- Take 3 tbsp chopped parsley
- Prepare 1/2 cup chopped black olives
Complete the meal: A great salad to serve as part of a Middle Eastern-themed meal, fattoush is fantastic with Mujaddarah. For millions of Muslims in the United States, food takes on a new significance during Ramadan Fasting during this time is one of the five pillars of Islam, along with devotion to Allah, prayer, giving alms and visiting Mecca Soup or salad, like the fattoush made with tomatoes and pita bread, is a light way to break the fast. This Levantine salad, whose name is derived from the Arabic word "fatta," meaning "to crumble," combines fresh, flavorful produce with crisp pita chips and bright herbs. Wow, did summer came in with a bang!
Steps to make Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad):
- Heat oven to 200 C
- Split the pittas and place them on a baking sheet
- Cook for 8 -10 minutes, turning over halfway through, until crispy and a little browned
- Set pittas aside to cool
- Put lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onion and tomatoes into a large salad bowl
- Make the dressing: if you have a pestle and mortar, smash the garlic with the salt until completely crushed. If not, crush with salt on a chopping board then put in a small bowl
- With the garlic, whisk in the lemon juice, oil and black pepper
- Break the pittas into pieces directly into the salad bowl
- Pour over the dressing and toss well
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours to let the flavours develop (I make hubby's the night before and he takes it to work the next day)
This Levantine salad, whose name is derived from the Arabic word "fatta," meaning "to crumble," combines fresh, flavorful produce with crisp pita chips and bright herbs. Wow, did summer came in with a bang! I returned a few days ago from vacation in California (first vacation since starting my new job late last year - yay!) to a wave of hot weather. And it's not just here in New York, the heat is all over! Fattoush is one of the most well known Middle Eastern salads and a standard dish on the 'mezza' (small dishes) table.
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