FATTOUSH

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This classic Middle Eastern salad makes a crunchy light side dish or lunchbox filler- it's sprinkled with sumac, mint and parsley

Provided by Katy Greenwood

Categories Lunch

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

2 tomatoes , chopped into chunks
¼ cucumber , deseeded and sliced
½ red onion , sliced
1 small head romaine lettuce , shredded
handful mint leaves, roughly chopped
handful parsley leaves, roughly chopped
2 pitta breads
1 tsp sumac
½ garlic clove , crushed
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
juice ½ lemon

Steps:

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.
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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 358 calories, Fat 18 grams fat, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 57 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 10 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 12 grams protein, Sodium 1.1 milligram of sodium