You will need for a Salad for 4 people.
Amounts are a guide only, vary to suit individual tastesCouple of handfuls of your Salad Greens of choice, such as oak leaf lettuce, rocket mircrogreens.6/8 radish, scrubbed and slicedPunnet of cherry tomatoes or 6 large tomatoes (cherry tomatoes split or large tomatoes diced (skin first if you wish)2 Lebanese Cucumbers, de-seeded and diced1 red onion or a couple of large shallots finely chopped½ cup of finely chopped herbs mixture of Mint, Coriander, Parsley2 Pita breads, split, lightly brushed with oil, sprinkled with Sumac and dried in the oven. If no Sumac available use lemon pepper sparingly as a substitute.
Juice of 1 lemon2 grated or finely chopped garlic cloves100ml of extra virgin olive oil½ teaspoon of Sumac (optional)1 teaspoon of Pomegranate Molasses or syrup (optional)1 tablespoon of Honey
Place the radish, tomatoes, cucumber, onion and herbs in a bowl and combine well.In your salad bowl place in the bottom the salad leaves.Pile on top the mixed salad vegetablesLiberally pour the dressing over the whole salad.Then, place broken pieces of the pita bread in and around the salad. ( doing this after the dressing will keep them crisp and crunchy)
The preparation of this Salad can be made well beforehand.Just put together at the last minute to prevent the pita bread going soggy.
Perfect with a BBQ leg of lamb!
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