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Easy Shirazi Salad Recipe
Shirazi Salad is a very refreshing and easy salad to prepare and serve with any meat dish. Goes well with kebab, BBQ meat, tandoori meat, pilaf and flatbreads. Make sure to use seedless cucumber. If your cucumber has seeds, scrape out the seeds first and then dice small. Best prepared with fresh herbs from the garden. :)
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 3 servings
Calories: 125 kcal
Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
Middle Eastern
Ingredients
For the Salad ingredients:
- 2 tomato
- 1 cucumber
- 1 small onion
- 1 Teaspoon Peppermint fresh
- ½ Teaspoon Dill fresh
- 1 Teaspoon parsley fresh fresh
- 1 Teaspoon Cilantro Fresh fresh, aka Coriander
For the Dressing:
- Juice of one lemon
- 2 Tablespoon olive oil
- ½ Teaspoon salt
- ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
Instructions
- Roughly chop your onion.
- Wash all your fresh salad ingredients and pat dry. Cut your Tomatoes into small dice.
- Don' t peel your cucumber just cut off the ends and scrape out the seeds if there are any. This depends on the cucumber variety. Best you use the dark green seedless English cucumber variety. Cut into small dice.
- Chop your herbs small, mint, dill, parsley and cilantro and add to the diced tomato and cucumber.
- Mix all the ingredients for the dressing and pour over the salad ingredients. Mix and let sit for at least 30 minutes. The flavors will mingle together and the result will be a beautiful refreshing salad.
- Serve as a side with any meat dishes such as kebabs. Se further on top of serving suggestions.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
233g
Calories
125kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
9g
(3%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
9g
(14%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
394mg
(16%)
Potassium
364mg
(10%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
755IU
(15%)
Vitamin C
16.2mg
(18%)
Calcium
28mg
(3%)
Iron
0.5mg
(3%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 3servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 125
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 233g | |
| Calories | 125kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 394mg | 16% |
| Potassium | 364mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 755IU | 15% |
| Vitamin C | 16.2mg | 18% |
| Calcium | 28mg | 3% |
| Iron | 0.5mg | 3% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.