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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Middle-eastern-style Salad

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 4
  • 1 large romaine lettuce
  • 1/2 lb cherry tomatoes or 1/2 lb plum tomato
  • 1 cucumber (the long english ones)
  • 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/2 cup garden mint
  • 6 spring onions
  • 12 radishes
  • 3 pita breads
  • 5 fluid ounces extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 grated lemon, rind of
  • 1 lemon, juice of (about 3 1/2 tablespoons)
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 teaspoons mild mustard

Recipe

  • 1 preheat your grill to its highest setting.
  • 2 grill the pitta breads lightly on both sides, until they are crisp. keep a watch! you don't want black bread! cool.
  • 3 slice the lettuce (your choice, but don't use really soft lettuce such as butter lettuce).
  • 4 halve the small tomatoes.
  • 5 cut the cucumber into thick rounds, and cut the rounds into 4 cubes each.
  • 6 chop the parsley and measure roughly. if zaar allowed it, i'd have said "just chop enough for a handful".
  • 7 ditto, the mint.
  • 8 quarter the radishes and slice the spring onions, green and parts included.
  • 9 place all the prepared vegetables in a bowl.
  • 10 cut the pita breads into bite-sized pieces, and add.
  • 11 whisk together the ingredients for the dressing until well mixed.
  • 12 if you wish, season the salad ingredients with salt and pepper.
  • 13 sprinkle the dressing over the salad and toss well. leave, covered, in the fridge, or serve.

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