Fatush ~ Homestyle Bread Salad

Ingredient: 

• 1 loaf crisp local bread
• 3 tomatoes, chopped very small
• 5-6 cucumbers, chopped very small
• 1 onion, grated
• 2-3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 lettuce heart, shredded
• a few fresh mint leaves
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon sumac
• 2 tablespoons oil
• salt

 

Cut up the bread into small pieces 1-1 1/2 inches square, sprinkle with cold water, and place in a salad bowl.  Pile all the vegetables and the mint leaves over the bread.  Mix lemon juice, sumac, salt and oil.  Pour over fatush and toss.