{"id":1220,"slug":"fattoush","title":"Fattoush","description":"Fattoush is a Lebanese salad, good for hot weather. The recipe uses two unusual ingredients: sumac and purslane. Ground sumac consists of the red sumac berries, and it used in Middle Eastern, particularly Lebanese, cooking. Purslane is a succulent with a lemony flavor, and it makes a nice salad green.","ingredients_raw":["½ cup water","1 teaspoon cornstarch","⅓ cup lemon juice","2 cloves garlic, minced","2 teaspoons sumac powder","Salt to taste","Ground black pepper to taste","1 head romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces","1 medium cucumber, diced","2 large tomatoes, diced","4 green onions, chopped","¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley","¼ cup chopped fresh mint","1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped","1 cup chopped purslane","½ package (5 ounces) arugula (rocket)","4 pita rounds, toasted and torn into pieces"],"ingredients_norm":["water","cornstarch","lemon juice","garlic","sumac powder","salt","ground black pepper","romaine lettuce","cucumber","tomato","green onion","fresh flat leaf parsley","fresh mint","green bell pepper","purslane","arugula","pita round"],"steps":["Mix the water and cornstarch in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until thickened.","Remove from heat, and mix in lemon juice, garlic, sumac, salt, and pepper.","Refrigerate until ready to use.","In a large bowl, toss together the lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, green onions, parsley, mint, bell pepper, purslane, and arugula.","Toss with the dressing, and serve with pita."],"categories":["Salad recipes","Recipes for salad","Recipes using green bell pepper","Recipes using lemon juice","Recipes using cornstarch","Recipes using lettuce","Recipes using mint"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Fattoush","source_ref":"4531782","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Fattoush&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"185bcf6352006705ba4374eaa498a5dc078f753e01ee0ffe937727e463d7af2b","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/fattoush"}