Fattoush (Lebanese bread salad with sumac)
30 min · 5 g protein · 181 cals / serving
A big, crunchy Lebanese salad of romaine, cucumber, tomato, radish and green pepper with handfuls of parsley and mint, tossed in a tart dressing of lemon, sumac and pomegranate molasses. The shards of oven-crisped pita soak up the dressing at the edges and stay crunchy in the middle. Great beside grilled chicken, fish or kofta.
Ingredients
Pita crisps
- 1 large pita whole wheat pita bread, split into two rounds and torn into bite-size pieces
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp sumac
Dressing
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp pomegranate molasses
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- 2 tsp sumac
- 1/2 tsp salt
Salad
- 2 hearts romaine lettuce, in bite-size pieces
- 1 large cucumber, halved and sliced
- 2 large tomatoes, in chunks
- 8 radishes, sliced
- 1 small bell pepper, green, diced
- 4 green onions, sliced
- 3/4 cup fresh parsley, leaves
- 1/3 cup fresh mint, leaves
Steps
- Heat the oven to 400°F. Toss the pita pieces with the oil and sumac on a baking sheet and bake 8–10 minutes, shaking once, until golden and crisp. Cool.
- Whisk the lemon juice, olive oil, pomegranate molasses, garlic, sumac and salt in the bottom of a large bowl.
- Add the lettuce, cucumber, tomato, radish, green pepper, green onion, parsley and mint and toss well.
- Add the pita crisps, toss once more and serve right away, while the bread is still crunchy.
Good to know
Where do I find sumac and pomegranate molasses?
In Middle Eastern shops and most large supermarkets' spice aisles. Without molasses, use 1 tsp honey and an extra squeeze of lemon; without sumac, add the grated zest of a lemon.
Can I make it ahead?
Chop the vegetables and make the dressing and the pita crisps up to a day ahead, kept separate. Toss together just before eating.
How do I make it a meal?
Top each plate with grilled chicken, prawns, a can of chickpeas or crumbled feta.
Alternative
Per
- Calories
- 54
- Protein
- (11%)
- 2 g
- Fat
- (37%)
- 2 g
- Carbohydrates
- (52%)
- 8 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 122 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 726 kcal goes into the pot and 1386 g of ingredients comes out as about 1350 g of food: 54 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.