{"id":15571,"date":"2013-08-13T22:20:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T02:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=15571"},"modified":"2019-02-06T08:05:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T13:05:13","slug":"fattoush-best-middleeastern-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/fattoush-best-middleeastern-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Fattoush &#8211; Best Middle Eastern Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15572\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fattoush-salad.jpg\" alt=\"fattoush salad\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fattoush-salad.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fattoush-salad-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite salads, two main stars in this salad are toasted pita bread and Sumac&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had this salad quite a few times at many Middle Eastern restaurants and at some get togethers. I don&#8217;t usually gobble up salads, I go behind real food. However, when I had a taste of this salad I couldn&#8217;t just stop eating it, I went for a couple more rounds and more. I loved the slight tanginess in this salad from the sumac, the freshness and the crunchy pita bread topped on it.<\/p>\n<p>You need two main ingredients to make this salad. One is Sumac which is ground dried red berries, this is available at Middle Eastern and some Pakistani\/Indian stores. Second main ingredient is the toasted or fried pita bread. You could either toast the pita bread with very little oil till crunchy or deep fry it. Fattoush topped with toasted pita bread is truly a delicacy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15573\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fattoush.jpg\" alt=\"fattoush\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fattoush.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fattoush-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fattoush-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Toasted pita bread<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15574\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/toasted-pita-bread.jpg\" alt=\"toasted pita bread\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/toasted-pita-bread.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/toasted-pita-bread-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/toasted-pita-bread-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\"> \t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fattoush-salad.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Fattoush &#8211; Arabian Salad<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">Salad<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cuisine: <span class=\"cuisine\">Middle Eastern<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Thasneen<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Prep time: <time itemprop=\"prepTime\" datetime=\"PT10M\">10 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Total time: <time itemprop=\"totalTime\" datetime=\"PT10M\">10 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Serves: <span class=\"yield\">5 People<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cucumber, chopped small- 1, large<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Tomatoes, chopped- 2, large or use Cherry tomatoes<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Lettuce, chopped- 1 small bunch<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Mint leaves, chopped- 10 leaves<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Parsley leaves, chopped- 2 handful<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Olive oil- 4 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Lemon juice- 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Sumac or ground red berries- 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ground black pepper- 1\/2 to 3\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- to taste<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Toasted or Fried Pita bread- 2, cut into small pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Cut the pita bread into small slices.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">You could either toast or deep fry the pita bread. I toasted the sliced pita bread in 2 tbsp oil till it turned crunchy and golden brown in color. Keep aside.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a large bowl, combine the cucumber, tomatoes, lettuce, mint and parsley.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a cup, combine the oil, lemon juice, sumac, ground pepper, salt, shake it well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Drizzle it over the veggies, combine well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">While serving, top the salad with toasted or fried pita bread.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.2.2124<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite salads, two main stars in this salad are toasted pita bread and Sumac&#8230; I&#8217;ve had this salad quite a few times at many Middle Eastern restaurants and at some get togethers. I don&#8217;t usually gobble up salads, I go behind real food. However, when I had a taste of this salad &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[419,420,355,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mediterranean-by-cuisine","category-middle-eastern","category-pita-bread-by-ingredient-2","category-salad","course-salad","cuisine-middle-eastern"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}