Persian cooking: recipes · Snacks, sides & street food
Salad Shirazi سالاد شیرازی
A fresh salad of cucumber, tomato and onion with lemon and mint. Goes with every Persian meal.
Ingredients
- 10½ small cucumbers
- 10½ ripe tomatoes
- 3½ red onion
- 14 tbsp lemon juice
- 3½ tsp dried mint
- 3½ tbsp oil
- salt (to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
Method
- Cut the cucumbers, tomatoes (deseeded) and onion into very small, even dice.
- Mix the lemon juice, oil, mint, salt and pepper and pour over the vegetables.
- Toss gently and leave for 10 minutes. Serve cold.