Middle East Bread Salad Recipe
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 x good sized bunch parsley
- 4 Tbsp. salad oil
- 6 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 8 x radishes
- 225 gm tomatoes
- 1 bn spring onions
- 6 x thick slices white bread heart of a cos lettuce
Directions
- Put the parsley into the processor bowl and process till finely minced.
- Add in the oil lemon juice sugar salt washed and trimmed radishes quartered tomatoes and trimmed spring onions.
- Process till thoroughly blended and the vegetables are minced into fairly small flakes then transfer the mix into another bowl.
- Without washing the processor bowl or possibly blade put in the slices of bread broken into rough chunks and process till you have fine breadcrumbs (you may have to scrape the bowl down a couple of times).
- Add in 125ml water and process again for 3 seconds to mix thoroughly.
- Take out and mix the breadcrumbs with the vegetable dressing.
- Taste for seasoning.
- It may need a little more liquid in that case add in up to another 225ml water to moisten the breadcrumbs.
- Line a dish with the inner leaves of the cos lettuce and fill the centre with the bread salad.
- In the middle East they have a rather more generous view of what makes a good salad than we tend to in Europe. Bread after all is not the first thing which springs to mind. But this is not only a delicious recipe it's also extremely economical. Till you've tasted the salad though you must not try to adjust the seasonings to Western tastes. It may seem too lemony but when you taste it you will find the balance actually does work and very well. A word of warning though: you really do need a food processor to make this effortlessly.
- Serves 4
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 123g | |
| Recipe makes 4 servings | |
| Calories 151 | |
| Calories from Fat 121 | 80% |
| Total Fat 13.66g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat 2.31g | 9% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 591mg | 25% |
| Potassium 236mg | 7% |
| Total Carbs 8.13g | 2% |
| Dietary Fiber 1.5g | 5% |
| Sugars 4.71g | 3% |
| Protein 1.04g | 2% |
