MealBudgetBaladi Salad with Toasted Pita
Chopped tomato, cucumber and onion with lemon and oil, and torn pita crisped in the oven for crunch.
- Serves
- 6
- Total time
- 25 min
- Cost per serving (United States)
- $4.94
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb roma tomatoes
- 2 cucumber
- 1 red onion
- 1 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 2 lemon
- 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 pita bread
- 1 tsp ground cumin
Method
Heat the oven to 375F. Tear the pita into rough pieces, toss with one tablespoon of the oil, and bake 8 to 10 minutes until crisp and golden. Cool them.
Chop the tomatoes and cucumber into rough half inch pieces and slice the red onion thinly.
Chop the parsley, stems and all. The stems carry most of the flavour.
Whisk the juice of both lemons with the remaining oil, the cumin and a good pinch of salt.
Toss everything together and taste. It should be sharper than you expect, because the bread will soften it.
Add the pita last, right before it goes to the table, so it stays crisp.
What this costs, country by country
Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.
| Country | Whole recipe | Per serving | Priced from |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | £19.57 | £3.26 | 8 of 8 ingredients |
| Australia | $49.44 | $8.24 | 8 of 8 ingredients |
| Greece | 11,85 € | 1,98 € | 8 of 8 ingredients |
| Egypt | ٥٨٣٫٧١ ج.م. | ٩٧٫٢٩ ج.م. | 8 of 8 ingredients |
| Spain | 12,20 € | 2,03 € | 8 of 8 ingredients |
| Germany | 20,40 € | 3,40 € | 8 of 8 ingredients |
| Austria | € 18,04 | € 3,01 | 8 of 8 ingredients |
| United States | $29.64 | $4.94 | 7 of 8 ingredients |
| New Zealand | $39.29 | $6.55 | 7 of 8 ingredients |
| Canada | $44.26 | $7.38 | 7 of 8 ingredients |
| Mexico | $474.37 | $79.06 | 7 of 8 ingredients |
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