This cool and refreshing salad is very popular in Persian cuisine. It’s commonly served as the main salad instead of a lettuce salad, with most meals. The name Shirazi, infers that this salad comes from the Iranian city of Shiraz. If I am not mistaken, the traditional herb of choice is mint. Most of the time I don’t add any herbs to the salad at all, as it truly doesn’t need it. But, I really wanted to make this bowl special because of the fabulous garden-fresh veggies I had available.
Our family likes this with a lot of dressing… so much that the vegetables are nearly swimming in it. Most of us are known for drinking the leftover dressing from the bottom of the bowl after all the veggies are eaten. So, I suppose you could scale back on the lemon juice and olive oil if you wish. 😉
Tomato Cucumber Salad (Salad Shirazi)
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 cups cucumber diced (peeled if desired)
- 2 cups tomato diced
- 1/2 small onion diced
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 3 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. salt or to taste
- pepper to taste
- 1 - 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh herbs cilantro, mint, parsley, etc. -optional
Instructions
Directions
- In a medium sized serving bowl, combine all ingredients. Let marinate for at least an hour.
- Serve cold or at room temperature.
