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Ingredients:<\/span><\/strong> Assembling the salad:<\/span><\/strong> Important notes:<\/span><\/strong> RECIPE COURTESY HAAFIDHA RAYHANA OMAR<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Ingredients:\u2022 5 cups tomatoes (chopped)\u2022 3 \u2013 4 cups cucumbers (preferably Persian or Lebanese)\u2022 1 tblsp spring onion or shallot (finely chopped)\u2022 1 tblsp (or more) of mint leaves (finely chopped)\u2022 1 bunch of Italian parsley (remove stem, use only the leaves)\u2022 \u00bc bunch red radish (chop into thin disks, and hereafter halve them)\u2022 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vegetarian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fattoush-recipe.png?fit=400%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-5hj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 13:02:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022 5 cups tomatoes (chopped)<\/span>
\u2022 3 \u2013 4 cups cucumbers (preferably Persian or Lebanese)<\/span>
\u2022 1 tblsp spring onion or shallot (finely chopped)<\/span>
\u2022 1 tblsp (or more) of mint leaves (finely chopped)<\/span>
\u2022 1 bunch of Italian parsley (remove stem, use only the leaves)<\/span>
\u2022 \u00bc bunch red radish (chop into thin disks, and hereafter halve them)<\/span>
\u2022 20 leaves of romaine lettuce (chopped or shredded)<\/span>
\u2022 1 small or medium green pepper (diced fine)<\/span>
\u2022 2-3 cloves of garlic (crushed, with a dash of salt & set aside)<\/span>
\u2022 2 tblsp of Summaaq (sumac)spice<\/span>
\u2022 \u2153 cup (or less) of pomegranate molasses<\/span>
\u2022 \u00bd cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice<\/span>
\u2022 5 Lebanese pita bread pieces<\/span>
\u2022 \u2153 cup (or less) of Olive Oil<\/span>
\u2022 \u00bd to 1 tsp salt (I use Pink Himalayan)<\/span><\/p>\n
1. Gently toss all the salad ingredients together. <\/span>
2. Just before serving, whisk the following ingredients together: mashed garlic, pomegranate molasses, lemon juice, Summaaq, and salt.<\/span>
3. Now add the toasted pita pieces, and gradually, drizzle the olive oil over and mix gently, taking care not to break the pita too much.<\/span><\/p>\n
\uf0d8 Step 2 and 3 should only be done as you are sitting down to eat; otherwise, the salad becomes too soggy. Alternatively, you can prepare the dressing and olive oil in separate pouring jugs and let your guests pour as they wish.<\/span>
\uf0d8 You could add other salad vegetables too, such as carrots and red peppers, or even crumbled feta cheese. The above quantities are merely rough estimates, but by all means please adjust based on your personal vegetable preferences and tastes.<\/span><\/p>\n