How to Make Arabic Salad

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By Amanda Harris
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Crisp Arabic Salad

This crisp and fresh Arabic salad will be a great addition to your next exotic Middle Eastern dining experience. This recipe, straight from Lebanon, is great served with pita bread. Offer it as a side dish or first course with any meal, especially chicken kabsa or beef kafta. Full of fresh vegetables, spices and herbs, Arabic salad is a healthy treat for any palate.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Large salad bowl
2 to 3 tbs. salt
1 English cucumber or 2 garden cucumbers
4 large tomatoes
3/4 bunch cilantro
2 cups Romaine lettuce
2 lemons
Garlic-pepper grinder spice
1 1/2 tbs dried sumac
1/3 cup light olive oil
1/3 onion, diced (optional)

Delicious Arabic Salad

Step 1

Dice the tomatoes and cucumber with the skin on. Add these ingredients to the salad bowl.
Step 2

Chop lettuce, cilantro and optional onion, and add these to the salad bowl. It will look like there is a lot of cilantro, but it is just the right amount.
Step 3

Squeeze both of the lemons into the salad, making sure to keep any seeds out.
Step 4

Add the sumac, salt, garlic-pepper grinder spices and olive oil. Toss the salad very well, allowing all ingredients to be spread evenly.
Step 5

Now taste the salad, adding more salt if needed. Chill for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator before serving.

Tips & Warnings

This recipe will serve seven to ten people.
Sumac can usually be found in your local grocery store. If not, check your local international or halal store.
Garlic-pepper grinder spices can be found in any spice aisle.
An English cucumber is a smooth-skinned long cucumber, usually found wrapped in plastic in the produce aisle.
Store unused portions in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.

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Comments

easygroovy said

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on 9/10/2008 very good recipe. I love it. great for diets too. I just wanted to add that in the U.S. the cucumber you're talking about is called seedless. thank you for sharing.