Falafel Fattoush

This lebanese inspired salad not only serves as a side dish but is also quite filling as a main meal. Fattoush is the term used for bread salad, so any pita or lebanese bread which is toasted and added to a salad. However in the picture above I did not have pita bread so I used rotis which I had left over the night before and simply grilled them in the oven at 160 degrees for about 10 mins until golden and crispy. 

For this recipe just to save time I used premix for the falafel and the bought ready made hummus. You could use store bought tabouleh if you like, but I used fresh parsley, tomato, onion and pepper instead. 

Ingredients: - 

1 packet of falafel mix

1 bowl of Hummus

1 Iceberg lettuce finely chopped

1 bunch parsley finely chopped

1 tomato finely chopped

1 red onion finely diced

1 green pepper finely diced 

2 TBLS of Garlic Aioli 

Salt and black pepper to taste

Juice of 1/2 Lemon 

Toasted pita bread or any other bread that you prefer

Grated cheese, gouda or cheddar works really well 

Method:- 

Mix the parsley, onion, tomato and pepper together and season with salt, black pepper and lemon juice. I mixed this in a bowl and kept it seperate before serving. Place the finely chopped lettuce into a dish, make sure your lettuce is drained completely and does not have any water on the leaves as this will cause them to droop. 

Prepare the Falafel as instructed on the box and keep aside until ready to serve. Mix the hummus and garlic aioli together, I added abit of pepper and lemon juice to it to make it abit more tangy. 

To serve mix the lettuce together with the parsley mix and place in serving plattter. Place the falafel on top, you could place a drop of the hummus mix into the salad at random places or you could keep it in a serving bowl in the centre, like I have in the picture above. Add the greated cheese and toasted bread as well and serve.