Sumac, sumak or sumach is flowering plants in the genus Rhus from family Anacardiaceae. Sumac grow in subtropical climates, especially in Africa. The sumac fruits (drupes) are grounded into a reddish purple powder used as a spice in Middle Eastern cuisine to add a lemony taste to salads or meat. In Arabian cuisine, it is used as a garnish for hummus and added to rice or kebab.

Sumac: Prescius Spice !

I’ve been searching sumac all over around and end up with nothing but dissapointing. My Arab descent friend did’t known about it, even few of arabian ethic stores in Palembang didn’t notes that. Thanks God one of my fellow blogger friends, Tinsyam had sumac. She sent me a couple tablespoons of sumac and i can even wait to give it a try for my salad. My first verdict of sumac is lemony and tangy sour aftertaste, i guess sumac is not only suits for salad but also great with seafood. My next project is making sumac crusted tuna.

sumac spinach salad dressing with duck prosciutto

Spinch Sumac Salad Just Before Tossed Out

Today i make a sumac salad with a fusion of eastern and western ingredient. I use HOMEMADE DUCK PROSCIUTTO, back olives, cheese and truffle oil for western touch. To give a contrast, i used few asian ingredient like lotus root and CRISPY ENOKI MUSHROOM TEMPURA and blended it with Middle East spice Sumac. For a presentation purpose, i mix the sumac sala dressing after i did the photo session, but i still drizzled it with black truffle oil.