Fattoush, Baba Ganouj and Lebanese food
I love cooking. But thinking of what to make each day is quite a chore. I generally get out some vegetables from the fridge and make them into anything that comes to my mind. It's like following my instincts and the ingredients are always throw as you go. That was the main reason for me to start blogging and maintaining a record of recipes which otherwise I would never be able to recreate. Unable to recreate a recipe especially if it turned out wonderfully good the first time is a frustration that I'd experienced several times in the past. But not any longer!
Ingredients
- 1 Onion (cut vertically into a cross and remove each layer out from the 4 pieces)
- 3 tomatoes medium sized - large bite sized pieces
- 2 cucumbers medium - peeled and cut into chunks
- 2 capsicums medium - deseeded and cut into pieces
- 1 pear - peeled and cut into chunks
- 4 - 5 bread slices of - toasted till very crisp and broken into big pieces
- one lemon Juice of
- black pepper Freshly ground
- to taste Salt
- to taste Paprika
Instructions
- Bring all of the ingredients together in a big bowl. Mix with your hands with gentle pressure so as to release juices from cucumbers and tomatoes. Refrigerate for an hour or so.
- The bread will soak up the juices from the vegetables, fruits as well as the spices and the bits of soggy bread will be the best part of the salad. However you can use the crispy bread pieces just before serving if you want to add a crunch to the salad.
- Serve this salad along with chips / pita bread and some hummus & Baba Gannouj for a light weekday dinner. A glass of wine wont be a bad idea.
Notes
Note:I also added some segments of an orange like pinkish-fruit, the name of which I can't recollect now.
This time I made Baba Gannouj with the added flavour of fresh coriander. To accompany this, I rolled out a few chapatis with the leftover atta, cooked them on the tava till done on both sides. I then cut the chapatis into 8 pieces each, coated them with some olive oil and herbs. This went into a 250 C oven for 10 minutes to get crispy almost fat free chips
Tags:
Lebanese food, Fattoush, Salad, Fat free, Baba Ganouj