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Salad Shirazi

Persian cucumber, tomato and onion salad - the National Salad of Iran

Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 4
Course: Salad , Appetizer
Cuisine: Persian , Iranian

Ingredients

  • 1 medium cucumber
  • 3 medium tomatoes
  • 1 medium red onion
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil or toasted argan oil
  • 2 limes (zest of one lime, juice squeezed from both for the dressing)
  • 2 tsp dried mint (fresh mint can also be used as an alternative or in addition to the dried mint)
  • salt and pepper (to taste)

Instructions

    Cup of Yum
  1. Halve tomatoes and scrape some of the seeds out. Do the same with cucumber. Finely dice onion, tomatoes and cucumber into small chunks.
  2. Make a dressing out of olive oil, lime juice and zest, salt, pepper and mint. Drizzle over salad.
  3. Toss salad and taste - adjust seasoning if required and then serve.