Fattoush Recipe (Lebanese Summer Salad)

From SBS Food Safari a recipe creditted to Fouad Sayed. A typical cold Lebanese salad. A must to use fresh herbs in this salad

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• Salad

• 1  round  lebanese bread or 1  other similar  flat bread
•  vegetable oil, for deep-frying
• 2  lebanese cucumbers, finely diced (if very fresh, no need to peel)
• 2  tomatoes, finely diced
• 1⁄2 cup radish, finely diced
• 1⁄2 red capsicum, finely diced (sweet red bell pepper)
• 1⁄2 green capsicum, finely diced (sweet green bell pepper)
• 4  spring onions, finely diced
• 2  tablespoons of fresh mint, finely chopped
• 1⁄2 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped

• Dressing

• 1  lemon, juiced
• 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
•  salt & freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Deep-fry the Lebanese bread. or you can bake the bread in a medium oven for about 10 minutes - this will crisp up the bread.
2. Drain the bread on kitchen paper abd then after it has cooled, break/crumple in your hands until it breaks into small pieces.
3. Combine all of the salad ingredients and then toss with the dressing.
4. For the dressing- combine the dressing ingredients and whisk together.
5. This salad is best dressed just prior to serving.