Fatoosh

Submitted by Fluffy

"Sumac is available at middle eastern food stores. It adds a nice colour and flavour."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 Greek pita breads
• 8 leaves romaine lettuce, torn in bite sized pieces
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 1 cucumber, chopped
• 3 tomatoes, cut in wedges
• 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and chopped
• 2 tablespoons ground sumac
• 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh mint leaves

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Toast pita 5 to 10 minutes in preheated oven until crisp.
3. Remove from oven and break into bite sized pieces.
4. In a large bowl toss together romaine lettuce green onions cucumber and tomatoes In a small bowl mix the parsley garlic sumac powder lemon juice olive oil salt pepper and mint Just before serving add pita bread to salad ingredients.
5. Pour dressing over and toss.

Reviews

[Arabiya Chef]

You can add pomegranate syrup to the dressing mix and it gives it a great kick! (minus the sumac)

 

[JustJanS]

We ate this for dinner tonight with Poppy's Barbecued Middle Eastern Lamb #61570. I love fatoosh, but have learned to cut back the sumac to about half for our tastes. It's really a fresh and flavorful salad that you should try, and thanks fluffy for another great recipe.

 

[zaar junkie]

I've been meaning to try this recipe for a while now. I'm so glad I finally did. It was delicious! I reduced the oil to 2 Tbsp with no problems. Very flavorful and satisfying. My bf and I split the entire recipe for dinner. The sumac and mint are wonderful. Thanks for posting!

 

[Prayztwice]

Yummy yum! The chopped mint and ground sumac are ESSENTIAL in this recipe! I also added 5 chopped radishes to the mix. Instead of toasting the pita and adding it to the salad, I halved and stuffed the pita with Fattoosh, along with Pork Souvlaki (#39529) . Heaven in a Pita!!! Because the Souvlaki tends to be salty, I reduced the salt in the Fattoosh to 1/2 tsp. I can't wait to try this recipe again and add Falafel. Fluffy, thank you so much for a fantastic recipe :0)

 

[Jo Anne]

I love Fatoosh and this was very good. I added some green pepper and left out the toasted pita. I will cut back slightly on the salt next time. Just made half the recipe as there is only two of us.