Beetroot salad. (سلطة الشمندر)

Name: Beetroot salad. (سلطة الشمندر)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 450 gm of beetroot.; - 1 butterhead lettuce or romaine lettuce. (about 500 g).; - 1 medium White onion, thinly sliced.; 300 g White button mushroom. Fresh; - 1/2 cup of soaked walnut.; 2 cloves of garlic, smashed.; - 1/4 cup of lemon juice.; - 1/3 of a cup of olive oil.; - 1 tbsp of cold water.; - 1/2 tsp salt or to taste.; - 1/2 tsp ground black pepper.; - 1 full tsp of lemon zest.; - 1/2 tsp of Sumac.

5 steps

Prep:15min

Beetroot and Lettuce salad, is one of the delicious Lebanese cold mezze dishes, that has wide popularity among Middle Eastern Cuisines.

Updated at: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:36:47 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories380.2 kcal (19%)

Total Fat32.6 g (47%)

Carbs18 g (7%)

Sugars6.7 g (7%)

Protein8.4 g (17%)

Sodium513.1 mg (26%)

Fiber7.1 g (25%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

Salad Ingredients

450 gmbeetroot

500gbutterhead lettuce

or romaine lettuce

1White onion

medium, thinly sliced

300gWhite button mushroom

Fresh

½ cupwalnut

soaked

Dressing Ingredients

2 clovesgarlic

1 Tbspwater

½ tspsalt

½ tspground black pepper

1 tsplemon zest

½ tspSumac

Instructions

Step 1

Boil beetroot until it's soft, leave it to cool down, then peel it and cut it into slices or cubes. (you may use canned beetroot by draining the water).

Step 2

Clean and slice the mushroom, chop the onion into thin slices and rub it with pinch of sumac.

Step 3

Crush the garlic with pinch of salt, and mix it with all the rest of dressing ingredients in a jar or mixing bowl, and set in the fridge until serving the salad.

Step 4

In a large serving dish, distribute the lettuce leaves, cover the middle with onions, mushrooms and 1/2 of the beetroot, drizzle half 1/2 of the dressing on it, then spread evenly the balance of the beet root, and pour the rest of the dressing over top.

Step 5

Garnish with the soaked walnut, onion slices & serve it cold or at room temperature.