Simple Fattoush Salad

Lebanese ultimate fattoush salad

Ingredients

• 2 Lebanese flat breads
• 2 large tomatoes
• Half a cucumber
• 2 spring onion
• Approx 5 radishes
• A handful of parsley
• A handful of baby leaf salad without rocket Optional
• 4-5 romaine lettuce leaves
• A handful of Purslane or watercress leaves
• Approx 10 mint leaves
• Handful of Pomegranate seeds
• Drizzle of pomegranate molasses
• 1 teaspoon sumac
• Good drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
• ½ regular lemon
• Approx ½ tablespoon salt
• Vegetable oil for frying

Instructions

Wash all the vegetables

Tear the flat breads into rough 1 inch squares.  Fry until just golden and set aside.

Put a handful of mixed baby leaf salad into a bowl

Chop the romaine lettuce into good sized squares

Cut the tomatoes into medium bitesize chunks

Slice the cucumbers and radishes into semi circles

Finely chop the spring onion, parsley and mint leaves

Pick a handful of purslane leaves, keep whole

Sprinkle on the sumac and salt

Add a good drizzle of lemon and extra virgin olive oil

Add a tiny drizzle of pomegranate molasses and a handful of pomegranate seeds

Mix, taste and adjust the seasoning

Add the fried bread just before eating

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