Egyptian Pomegranate Barley Salad

What goes into this Egyptian Salad

As the title of this recipe entails, this vibrant Egyptian Pomegranate Barley salad combines different flavors and textures to make for an incredible vegetarian lunch or dinner. And despite being delicious, it is also a very healthy meal and has lots of ingredients from the Mediterranean diet!

• Barley: The base of this dish which providers a chewy and slightly nutty texture and flavor
• Green onions and cilantro: hey it’s a salad after all so it probably needs some greens, right?? These give a fresh crunch.
• Feta: provides a rich, tangy, and salty aspect
• Pistachios: a delicious salty crunch to contrast with the chewiness of the rest of the ingredients
• Golden raisins: slightly sweet and chewy
• Pomegranates: the star of this dish; it uses both pomegranate arils (seeds) in the salad in addition to a pomegranate vinaigrette
• Spices: cinnamon and cumin and add to the complexity of tastes in this dish

Alternatives to this recipe

Feel free to mix and match with different ingredients.

Of note, we couldn’t find pomegranate molasses in our local supermarket so we ended up just reducing some pomegranate juice (which was already in our fridge!) with some sugar. It ended up tasting great!

Other Egyptian Recipes

If you liked this Egyptian Pomegranate Barley Salad recipe, check out our other Egyptian recipe called Koshari, an interesting macaroni-based Egyptian street food. It’s actually the national dish of Egypt! And since we’re really enjoying the flavors and textures in Egyptian cuisine, we’ll definitely be making others so stay tuned!

Egyptian Pomegranate Barley Salad

Tyler & Zoe

This unique and refreshing salad has a mix of different delicious flavors- fruity, salty, savory, and nutty.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Salad

Cuisine Egyptian, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

Egyptian Salad

• 1.5 cups barley cooked according to package instructions
• 4 oz feta cheese cut into small cubes
• 1 bunch green onions sliced
• 1 bunch cilantro roughly chopped
• ½ cup pomegranate arils
• ½ cup pistachios shelled
• ⅓ cup golden raisins

Pomegranate Vinaigrette

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses
• ½ lemon juice and zest
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp cumin
• Pinch of salt and pepper

Instructions

 

• First, prepare all ingredients including cooking the barley and cubing the feta. Then make the dressing by combining all ingredients in a bowl and whisking until combined.
• Arrange the salad by first placing barley in a bowl, then neatly top with the green onions, feta, pomegranate seeds, pistachios, and golden raisins.
• Drizzle over the pomegranate dressing.
• Top with some cilantro, an extra squeeze of lemon, and some freshly cracked pepper.

Keyword Fruit, Nuts, Pomegranate, vegetarian

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