Feta, Tomato and Mint Salad

Reasonably loads of folks utter their accepted meal is breakfast. I could maybe maybe be surely this kind of folks. And, if you happen to are Center Jap, who can consume a accepted from the extra special breakfast and brunch dishes we are in a position to make a probability from?

A few of our most renowned breakfast requirements (like falafel) can even be time-drinking to originate. But some, like this unique and flavorful feta and tomato salad, are immediate and simple — and for your table in fair minutes.

Throughout the hot summer months, if you happen to could maybe maybe barely drink hot coffee, grand less eat a warm breakfast, this straightforward breakfast “salad” comes to the rescue. Here’s a conventional staple that’s popular on any Egyptian breakfast table, owing to its simplicity (recommended 4 components!), readily available components, and ease of assembly.

One thing in regards to the frigid, ripe tomatoes with salty, briny feta, finely coated with dried mint leaves and drizzled with fruity olive oil makes this a dish I originate every completely different weekend! One bite, and I am transported to our attach of origin in southern Egypt — where the tomatoes would were picked unique from the farm at the inaugurate light and in our fingers by early morning, feta cheese abundantly available from the corner grocer, and the mint used to be dried from unique leaves on our balcony.

Revel on this yummy salad with toasted pita bread, or as an accompaniment to a extra lavish Egyptian breakfast unfold of falafel, fava beans, eggs, and Kalamata olives.

Bel hana wel shefa (Arabic: expertise it with happiness and right neatly being)! —Hajar D.

Instructions

1. Mix feta cheese and diced tomatoes. Frail the most fine feta it is possible you’ll maybe maybe gain. I veritably use Bulgarian feta. For a extra intense taste, use French feta. The size of the feta and tomato dice must be in regards to the an analogous
2. High with overwhelmed mint leaves and lunge to combine.
3. Add olive oil, lunge till completely blended. Motivate icy with toasted pita bread.
4. Sigh: This recipe is a starting up level. Feel free to adjust the ratio of feta:tomatoes, and carry/decrease the mint to your liking. For a shortcut, use pre-crumbled feta.