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Chickpeas Fattoush Salad

Fattoush Salad Recipe with Chickpeas

This Chickpeas Fattoush Salad is an easy-to-make filling salad with greens, vegetables, proteins and a zesty vinaigrette that makes it all come together. Toasted or fried pieces of pita bread Khubz (Arabic Flatbread) goes on top to give it a nice crunch.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine Middle Eastern
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

For Pita Bread

  • Olive oil
  • Pink salt
  • Za'ater mix

For Vinaigrette

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1-2 cloves of garlic crushed
  • ½ tsp sumac
  • 1 tsp Za’ater mix
  • 1 tsp pomegranate molasses
  • 1 Tbsp. of lemon juice
  • Salt black pepper – adjust as per taste

For Veggies

  • 2 thin cucumber cut Into medium sized pieces
  • 1/3 cup green capsicum chopped
  • 1 scallions chopped
  • A few lettuce leaves Romaine or iceberg lettuce cut into medium size pieces
  • 5-6 cherry tomatoes
  • ½ cup chick peas boiled
  • Few mint leaves
  • Few olives

Instructions
 

Baking Pita Bread Chips

  • Take two round pieces of pita bread.
  • Split open and separate them. Cut into desired sizes and shapes such as square, triangle or diamond shaped.
  • Combine with oil, za’ater and salt, quantities as preferred.
  • Spread them out into a single layer onto a baking pan.
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 240°C for 5-7 minutes till crisp. (Oven temperatures may slightly vary)
  • Cool them. Use as required and store the remaining in air tight container.

Salad dressing

  • For the vinaigrette, take oil in a small mixing bowl.
  • Add crushed garlic, sumac, za’ater, pomegranate molasses, lemon juice, crushed garlic, salt, sumac, olive oil, pomegranate molasses, lemon juice, salt and black pepper powder.
  • Whisk until well combined.

Veggies

  • Chop the vegetables into medium sized pieces.

Assemble

  • In a big salad bowl, combine all the vegetables.
  • To this add the dressing/vinaigrette.
  • Toss everything together
  • Just before serving add the pita chips so that they remain crisp

Notes

  • Do not add all the dressing in one go. Pour some of the dressing over the salad just before serving
  • Wash and dry all the vegetables and greens.
  • Use good quality olive oil. Add the roasted pita bread just before serving
Keyword Easy Lebanese Fattoush Salad, Fattoush Salad, Vegan, weightloss