Salad Shirazi
Persian cucumber, tomato and onion salad - the National Salad of Iran
Servings: 4
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
- Halve tomatoes and scrape some of the seeds out. Do the same with cucumber. Finely dice onion, tomatoes and cucumber into small chunks.
- Make a dressing out of olive oil, lime juice and zest, salt, pepper and mint. Drizzle over salad.
- Toss salad and taste - adjust seasoning if required and then serve.