Middle Eastern Rocket Salad with Sumac and Pomegranate
This rocket (arugula) salad is fresh and tasty with peppery rocket leaves, piquant lemony sumac and bursts of sweetness from the pomegranate. It is the perfect quick side salad to accompany a summer meal and brings a little taste of the Middle East to your al fresco table!
First make the dressing by measuring all the ingredients into a clean jar, putting the lid on and shaking vigorously! (or you can whisk the ingredients in a small bowl).
Next, layer the ingredients into a salad bowl (except the sumac), saving a few pieces of each for garnishing on top.
Gently toss the salad with as much dressing as you like to use (store the remainder in a jar in the fridge for another day). Garnish with the reserved pieces and the sumac sprinkled on top.
Notes
If you can get hold of jarjeer leaves (the local variety of rocket here in the Middle East), they are a softer leaf than rocket but with the same peppery flavour. Normal rocket will do just fine though if that’s all you have available!
Likewise, if you can get hold of the persian cucumbers (the little mini ones), they are lovely in this salad but the regular long English cucumber is fine as an alternative as they are very similar in flavour and texture.