Salad Shirazi | Simple Shirazi Salad
Do you know what Shirazi salad is? Have you ever heard the name of this side dish? If you have wandered around PersianGood team recipes, you have probably seen this side dish in many famous Persian cuisines. Why is this salad so much popular and important for Persians? The answer is frank and straight! Because this dish is delicious, yet extremely simple to prepare. This salad goes perfect with many fancy Iranian food and you would not believe such easy and at hand ingredients can be so much perfect at the same time!
Salad Shirazi Recipe
Salad Shirazi is an amazing side dish! This simple salad is made of cucumber and tomatoes, you can also add onions too. The ingredients are finely chopped and flavored with sour grape juice or lime juice, based on the way you desire to make it. This perfect salad is a very good companion for Kalam Polo and Tahchin. You can serve this side dish with a vast majority of Persian dishes. Be with us to see what a miraculous recipe this salad have!Basic steps yet fabulous result! Do not hesitate to make it for the first nearest available meal of today!
Ingredients
- 3 tomatoes
- 4 cucumbers
- 1 onion
- 1 tbsp dried mint
- sour grape juice as much as required
- lime juice or lemon juice as much as required
- salt as much as required
- pepper as much as required
- 1 lime
Instructions
- Wash the onion, cucumbers and tomatoes. You can use a drop of dish detergent for disinfecting the vegetables. Be careful to discard them less than 1 minute form the dish washing liquid. Peel the onion and chop them finely in small cubic shapes. Also do the same for cucumbers and tomatoes. Then mix them all together.
- Now it is time to add the sour grape juice or lime juice to the salad. Choosing either of them depends on your taste and desire. Usually people add sour grape juice or Abghoore, as it is a little bit sour. Ablimoo or lime or lemon juice can be an awesome option too. You can try a spoon full with both liquids and decide which you prefer. How much should we add? The amount of the sour grape juice or lime juice must be enough to cover one third of the chopped vegetables. Pour the juices on them and then stir the content.
- Smash some dried mint and sprinkle them on the salad, stir finely to have a very fragrant salad Shirazi. Add some salt and pepper and taste it while adding to find the perfect combination. Finally, you can squeeze a fresh lime on the salad and enhance its flavor. You will definitely love this salad. Have fun with it.
Salad Shirazi and Kalam Polo Shirazi
These two items go hand in hand and are very famous in Shiraz. The taste they contain is absolutely freshening and they can make a perfect match. If you are travelling to Iran and assuredly Shiraz is one of your destinations, just go to a perfect restaurant like Kate Mast or Khane Parhami and order these two items together. You will love it!
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