Fatoush Lebanese Salad

Fatoush Lebanese Salad Recipe

Fatoush also spelled fattush or Fattoush is a delicious Lebanese salad recipes made from an assorted ingredient of greens and vegetables that are added to toasted or fried pita bread pieces (Arabic bread). Fatoush is prepared by Lebanese cooks and most people in the east Mediterranean use leftover pita bread as a base.

To make fatoush, cooks use seasonal produce mixed with different vegetables and herbs according to taste, while making use of pitas that are more than a couple of days old. The vegetables and greens are cut into pieces larger than tabouli (image of Tabouli) which consists of finely chopped ingredients. Sumac has a distinctive taste that is usually used to give fatoush its sour taste. (It takes 10-15 minutes to prepare).

Primary Ingredients for Fatoush Salad Recipe:

Lebanese Tabouli Recipe

The Lebanese Tabouli recipe is an extremely healthy (thanks to parsley) and a delicious Mediterranean food recipe that is a departure from normal salad recipes; it is a vegetarian meal by itself.

Tabouli is prepared with cracked wheat (Bulgur, bulghur or burghul), tomatoes, green onions, olive oil, mint and lemon. The Lebanese Tabouli (also spelled Tabboule, Tabbouleh or Tabule) is a healthy appetizer that is famous and very rarely would it be missed from the Lebanese buffet.

It is usually consumed during hot summer days and Lebanese people like to eat Tabouli with crisp hearts of Romanian lettuce (used as a natural scooper), others use cabbage instead. It's so refreshing and there is no limitation as to when to eat it.

Ingredients for Lebanese Tabouli:

Lebanese Salad Recipe

The Lebanese salad recipe is an appetizer with an exceptionally delicious taste and it is vegetarian’s meal. The Lebanese salad consists mainly of natural vegetables. It is a healthy refreshing appetizer and it is a subsidy for other types of Lebanese salads that take more time to prepare (The Lebanese salad takes less than 5 minutes to prepare).

Ingredients for the Lebanese Salad

:

• ½ Romanian lettuce
• 2-3 medium size tomatoes
• 2 cucumbers
• 1-2 small garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ½ fresh lemon (juice)
• Dash of salt to taste
• ½ teaspoon dried mint

Method for preparing the Lebanese Salad:

• Peel the garlic cloves and add a dash of salt to a plastic bowel.
• Crush the garlic cloves in the bowel using a pestle till all the salt gets absorbed by the garlic.
• Slice the lettuce lengthwise then cut widthwise then add to the bowel.
• Cut the tomatoes into cubes then add to the bowel.
• Cut the cucumbers into four quarters (length wise).
• Taste each cucumber to insure it is doesn’t have a bitterly taste.
• Cut the cucumbers into small size cubes.
• Add olive oil, lemon juice and the dried mint to the bowel.
• Gently toss and mix the ingredient together.

It is highly recommended to serve this dish as an appetizer within 30 minutes after preparation since some vegetables such as tomatoes start to lose their vitamins and nutritives after that time.

• Serves 3-4 people.

Cook's Notes:

1. The Lebanese salad need not be restricted to the above vegetables. You may add more veggies as you may desire, but the unique taste is devoted to garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice. Don’t ignore these.
2. A similar recipe can be prepared by adding 2 tablespoons of vinegar instead if oil.

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Yogurt Salad with Cucumbers

A good and healthy Lebanese salad recipe consisting mainly of plain Yogurt and Cucumbers is rich with nutritious substances. This light salad recipe takes less than 10 minutes to prepare and is considered a healthy food.

Yogurt and Cucumbers Salad Recipe Ingredients:

• 2-3 cucumbers.
• 1 cup of plain yogurt.
• 1-2 raw garlic cloves.
• A dash of salt to taste.
• 3 tea spoons of dried mint.
• 8 table spoons of olive oil to taste.

Method for Preparing Yogurt and Cucumbers Salad:

• Peel the garlic cloves and add a dash of salt to a bowel.
• Crush the garlic cloves in the bowel using a pestle till all the salt is soaked by the garlic.
• Cut the cucumbers into quarters (length wise).
• Taste each cucumber to insure it doesn't have a bitterly taste.
• Chop each cucumber diagonally to get thin quarter rings.
• Add the chopped cucumbers to the crushed/mashed salty garlic bowl.
• Add plain yogurt to the bowl.
• Add 1-2 tea spoons of dried mint to the ingredients.

To make the Lebanese Yogurt and Cucumbers Salad, gently mix the ingredients in the bowel then sprinkle 1 tea spoon of dried mint on top of the salad and add olive oil on top as desired before serving.

• Serves 1-2 people

Cook's Notes:

1. The Cucumbers and Yogurt salad should be consumed immediately after preparation and it would have a superb taste if not chilled. In case it was chilled, bring it to room temperature before consuming.
2. You may use garlic powder instead of garlic cloves but natural garlic cloves would taste better than garlic powder.
3. If you don't have a pestle to crush the garlic cloves use the bottom of a mug (be careful.
4. The Lebanese Yogurt Salad is an appetizer and can be consumed with plain pita bread.
5. Read more about the Benefits of Cucumbers

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