Saturday, September 25, 2010

Fattoush - Arabic Veggies & Flatbread Salad

Fattoush is a traditional salad made from toasted or fried pieces of pita bread (khubz 'arabi) combined with mixed greens and other vegetables. Fattoush are made by Arab cooks using stale flatbread as a base.. To make fattoush, cooks use seasonal produce, mixing different vegetables and herbs according to taste and use stale pita breads to this salad. The vegetables are cut  relatively as large pieces compared to tabbouleh which requires ingredients to be finely chopped. Sumac is usually used to give fattoush its sour taste..I prepared this salad with some stale Khobz' Arabi which is prepared few days back with whole wheat flour, this salad was truly refreshing, easy also filling , prefect for dinner or either for lunch during hot summer.Sending to Flavors of Cuisines - Middle Eastern guest hosted by Asiya Akka, event by Julie..

Fattoush

2nos Arabic flat bread (toasted & cut as bites)
10nos Cherry tomatoes (diced)
1/4cup Green bellpepper (chopped)
1cup Lettuce (shredded)
2tbsp Parsley leaves (chopped)
1tbsp Mint leaves
1/4cup Onions(chopped)
1cup Cucumber (sliced)
1tbsp Olive oil
1tsp Lemon juice
Salt
Pepper powder

Mix the oliveoil, lemon juice, salt and pepper powder in a bowl..take the shredded lettuce, chopped parsley, chopped mint leaves, chopped onions, flatbread bites,chopped bellpepper, diced tomatoes,sliced cucumber in a bowl, add the dressing and toss everything well..Serve chilled..

Enjoy this salad either for lunch or for dinner..



38 comments:

Love2cook Malaysia said... Reply To This Comment

Tempting salad there Priya! Where's my share??? hehehe ;)

Nandita SS said... Reply To This Comment

Hey Priya,

I often wondered about fattoush. Now I know what it is. Nice post :)

Ameya said... Reply To This Comment

I love fattoush-simple and refreshing!

My Kitchen Antics said... Reply To This Comment

it reminds me of summer..sigh!

sonu said... Reply To This Comment

this looks inviting and new !yum yum !

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Salad looks delicious Priya. Nice one

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Simple salad to put together...thanx for the recipe Priya!

SavithaRaj's Spice Land said... Reply To This Comment

Looks simple and divine to me!

Heather S-G said... Reply To This Comment

This sounds great...it's like an Arabic version of Panzanella! Love the fattoush, really want to make some =)

Mary Bergfeld said... Reply To This Comment

I happen to love this salad. Your version of it looks and sounds wonderful. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings...Mary

Sadhana Valentina said... Reply To This Comment

Nice salad!

Santosh Bangar said... Reply To This Comment

A HEALTHY AND TASTY SALAD

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said... Reply To This Comment

have heard about it. looks so tempting low cal tasty delight. will make this whole wheat tortilla.

Simply Life said... Reply To This Comment

oh that looks nice and health and light!

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

very healthy and fresh looking salad.bread addition gives a crunch!

Krishnaveni said... Reply To This Comment

lovely salad, looks great

Torviewtoronto said... Reply To This Comment

simply delicious salad

aipi said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy n colorful..Good one!

AJ said... Reply To This Comment

Excellent for a light meal, Priya!!

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy salad,nice use of bread here..

Satrupa said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delish .....Luv the red and green colors !!

Cheers n Happy Cooking,
Satrupa

http://satrupa-goodforthought.blogspot.com

Madhura Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Tempting & healthy salad...

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

I've heard of Fattoush. Looks very healthy and tasty!

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

healthy n delicious salad dear..

Akila said... Reply To This Comment

lovely salad...

lissie said... Reply To This Comment

a very healthy and nutritious salad... quick and easy too!

Shanthi Krishnakumar said... Reply To This Comment

The dish is fantastic and simple. Have heard about it but now seeing the colourful dish

Joanne said... Reply To This Comment

I've never had fattoush before but I love a good bread salad! This sounds delicious!

Adelina said... Reply To This Comment

wow...love the colors and its texture!

FewMinute Wonders said... Reply To This Comment

VEry nice. thanks for sharing, I have not known of this salad. will make it sometime soon.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Thats a lovely salad..Looks so healthy and delicious!

Latha said... Reply To This Comment

Simple and yummy...

Raks said... Reply To This Comment

New to me,sounds healthy!

Mrs.Mano Saminathan said... Reply To This Comment

Here we often taste this! Your Fattoush looks exactly the same with those greens and vegetables! Photograph is just beautiful!!

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

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CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

Tempting salad Priya.I too was planning on this. Yum

Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said... Reply To This Comment

thts so colorful and wonderful salad priya...can eat tht whole bowl of goodnes.,,,,,....

Asiya Omar said... Reply To This Comment

Very healthy, Thanks for linking.