Jess Murphy's Salt Community Hall Fatteh

I was on a mission with the UNHCR in Amman, the capital of Jordan, and we’d arranged to meet some Syrian and Jordanian women who were running a school lunch programme for the local Syrian refugee community in a small town called Salt.

Jess Murphy's Salt Community Hall Fatteh

SERVES

4

PEOPLE

Ingredients

  • 5 large pittas

  • extra-virgin olive oil, to drizzle

  • 500ml Greek yogurt

  • 2 garlic cloves, minced

  • juice of 1 lemon

  • 1 tsp dried mint

  • 1 tsp ground cumin

  • 2 x 400g tins of chickpeas, drained and rinsed

  • 100g pine nuts, toasted

  • 1 bunch of fresh mint, chopped

  • 1 bunch of fresh dill, chopped

  • 1 bunch of fresh coriander, chopped

  • 1 bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped

  • 3 tbsp pomegranate seeds, plus extra to garnish

  • 2 tbsp finely diced preserved lemon (skin only)

  • a pinch of sumac

  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

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