Fatteh
Fatteh ( Arabic فتّة, also Fetté, Fatta, Fattah) is a Levantine dish whose main ingredient is freshly toasted bread, broken into small pieces, mixed with a minty yogurt preparation, olive oil and chickpeas. Is often used as bread Khubz ( Arabic خبز), a thin flatbread is used. In this simple form, Fatteh is eaten for breakfast or as a snack.
In addition to the basic ingredients, there are many other options. As a mezze or a full main course, Fatteh is often enriched with meat, such as chicken or lamb, and sprinkled with fresh herbs and pine nuts. The seasoning can also be varied from mildly fruity to spicy and hot, for example with garlic, cumin and cayenne pepper.
Fatteh is originally a Damascus dish, but is now found throughout the Levant. A close relative is the dish Fatousch ( Arabic فتوش), for which vegetarian salad ingredients are mixed with toasted bread pieces.
literature
- Clifford Wright: Little Foods of the Mediterranean: 500 Fabulous Recipes for Antipasti, Harvard Common Press 2003
- Bettina Matthaei, Mohamad Salameh: Mezze - a magical pleasure , Gräfe and Unzer Verlag 2013