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Iraqi Bread Salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Iraqi Bread Salad

10 ingredients 11 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

331
Calories
6g
Protein
15g
Fat
47g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
White Bread 1 slice (30g) white 79
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Salad not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 x good sized bunch parsley
  • 4 tbl salad oil
  • 6 tbl fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 8 x radishes
  • 225 gm tomatoes
  • 1 bn spring onions
  • 6 x thick slices white bread
  • heart of a cos lettuce

Directions

1

Put the parsley into the processor bowl and process until finely chopped.

2

Add the oil lemon juice sugar salt washed and trimmed radishes quartered tomatoes and trimmed spring onions.

3

Process until thoroughly blended and the vegetables are chopped into fairly small flakes then transfer the mixture into another bowl.

4

Without washing the processor bowl or blade put in the slices of bread broken into rough chunks and process until you have fine breadcrumbs (you may have to scrape the bowl down a couple of times).

5

Add 125ml water and process again for 3 seconds to mix thoroughly.

6

Take out and mix the breadcrumbs with the vegetable dressing.

7

Taste for seasoning.

8

It may need a little more liquid in which case add up to another 225ml water to moisten the breadcrumbs.

9

Line a dish with the inner leaves of the cos lettuce and fill the centre with the bread salad.

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