Lunch & dinner

Halloumi and lentil salad with pitta

  • Lunch & dinner
  • Arab & Levantine
  • Turkish
  • 20 min hands-on
  • Vegetarian
  • Halal

Ingredients

One standard portion

  • 70g light halloumi
  • 1 wholemeal pitta
  • 5g olive oil (1 tsp)
  • 40g red lentils (dry weight)
  • 50g salad leaves
  • 60g tomatoes
  • 60g cucumber

Season as the method describes. Spices, salt, lemon and water aren’t weighed or counted below.

Per portion

Calories
554kcal
Protein
34g
Carbs
64g
Fat
18g

Added up from each ingredient’s typical values per 100g. A standard portion is this meal’s share of a 2,000 kcal day.

Method

  1. Simmer the lentils for twelve minutes until just tender; drain and cool.

  2. Griddle the halloumi until golden on both sides.

  3. Toss everything with lemon, mint and the olive oil; serve with pitta.

In a plan

This is one of the dishes our plans cook from, and plans serve it for lunch or dinner, or as the iftar meal in Ramadan. There, the light halloumi, wholemeal pitta and olive oil are weighed out to your own numbers; everything else stays as written.

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General guidance, not medical advice. Please check with your doctor if you have a medical condition, are pregnant, or are new to exercise. Check every ingredient against your own allergies.