Recipes

This Syrian Fattoush Salad is the most wonderful salad that you will find at any Syrian restaurant and it is the best salad that I grew up eating. Anytime my family is serves Syrian food for dinner, we always include this delicious fattoush recipe or tabbouleh as an appetizer.

Recipe for Niseen’s Famous Fattoush Salad:

Serves 4 people.

Ingredients:

• 1 large head of lattes broken into pieces
• 2 medium cucumbers thinly sliced
• 2 green onions thinly sliced
• 2 tomatoes sliced into wedges any kind of tomatoes
• 5 radishes thinly sliced
• ¼ cup fresh chopped parsley
• ½ green pepper chopped
• Fresh mint
• 1 Pita bread: break the pita bread into small pieces and fry them in some olive oil on the stove top. Take them out as soon as they are golden brown and crispy. You can also toss them with olive oil, salt, sumac and place them under the broiler for a couple minutes until crispy.
• Dressing: 2 tablespoons Fresh lemon juice, 3 tablespoons olive oil, 2 garlic cloves pressed, ½ teaspoon mint, salt to taste, and 1 teaspoon sumac.

Method of preparation:

1. Put all ingredients together in a bowl.
2. Mix it.
3. When you are ready to eat it Put the salad in a serving bowl and dress the salad with pita chips on top

Note:

Use the freshest ingredients for the best salad, add the dressing just before serving so that the pita chips don’t get soggy.