Fattoush watermelon salad with crispy pitta bread

Lentils, marinated watermelon and roasted onion with za'atar

Active: 35 min 610 kcal per person 20 g protein per person World cuisine

Protein source: lentils · Carb source: pitta bread

oven season: summer

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Ingredients for 4 people

  • 400 g lentils, canned, drained
  • 500 g watermelon, without rind, diced
  • 4 pitta breads, torn into pieces
  • 3 roma tomatoes, diced
  • 1 cucumber, in half slices
  • 1 onion, in coarse wedges
  • 100 g baby leaf salad, or mixed leaves
  • 16 black olives, pitted, in rings
  • 1 clove garlic, clove, crushed
  • 0,5 red chilli, finely chopped, seeds removed, may be left out
  • 20 g fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
  • 20 g fresh mint, finely chopped
  • 2 tsp za'atar
  • 1 lemon, juice
  • 0,5 lime, juice
  • 30 g pumpkin seeds
  • 6 tbsp olive oil, 3 tbsp for the dressing, the rest for the marinade, the onion and the pitta bread
  • to taste salt and black pepper

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and cover two baking trays with baking paper.
  2. Crush the garlic. Remove the seeds from the chilli and chop it finely. Dice the watermelon. Mix the watermelon with the garlic, chilli, 1 tbsp of olive oil, salt and pepper. Leave to marinate.
  3. Cut the onion into coarse wedges and put on a baking tray with a splash of olive oil. Roast in the oven for 20 min.
  4. Tear the pitta breads into bite-sized pieces. Toss them on the second tray with a splash of olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast them for the last 5 to 10 min until golden brown and crispy.
  5. Dice the tomato and cucumber. Chop the parsley and mint finely. Mix together with the drained lentils and the baby leaves.
  6. Mix in the olives and pumpkin seeds. Drizzle with lemon juice, lime juice and 3 tbsp of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
  7. Mix the watermelon with its marinade and the roasted onion into the salad.
  8. Finish with the crispy pitta pieces and sprinkle with za'atar. Serve straight away.

Fattoush watermelon salad with crispy pitta bread

Tip

Roast the watermelon in the oven for a bit too, that makes it sweeter. A summer dish you can eat cold or lukewarm.

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