Fattoush

7-a-day recipe for 2 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has tomato, cucumber, red onion, romaine lettuce, mint, parsley, pitta bread, sumac, garlic clove, red wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and lemon.

Fattoush

Fattoush

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: 7-a-day
Servings

2

servings
Prep time

15 mins

Ingredients

  • Tomato: 2 tomatoes, chopped into chunks
  • Cucumber: 1/4 cucumber, deseeded and sliced
  • Red Onion: 1/2 red onion, sliced
  • Romaine Lettuce: 1 small head romaine lettuce, shredded
  • Mint: handful mint leaves, roughly chopped
  • Parsley: handful parsley leaves, roughly chopped
  • Pitta Bread: 2 pitta breads
  • Sumac: 1 tsp sumac
  • Garlic Clove: 1/2 garlic clove, crushed
  • Red Wine Vinegar: 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil: 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • Lemon: juice 1/2 lemon

Directions

  1. The night before, toss together all the salad ingredients except for the pitta bread and sumac. Make up the dressing and season to taste. Leave these separate until the morning.
  2. The next morning, toast the pitta breads until lightly golden. When cool, tear into pieces and combine with the salad and dressing. Spoon into 2 plastic boxes and sprinkle over the sumac.