Shirazi Salad
Shirazi salad is an easy cucumber tomato salad with a juicy and herby flavor, making it a perfect side dish.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- 1 Knife
Ingredients
- 2 med English Cucumber diced into bite sized
- 2 - 3 Roma tomatoes diced into bite size
- 1 medium red onion finely chopped
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 large lemon 3 - 4 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp salt or as per taste
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tsp dried mint or a handful of fresh mint leaves
- 2 tbsp cilantro leaves optional
Instructions
- Wash and clean the cucumber. No need to peel off the skin.
- Dice them into bite-size pieces.
- Dice the tomatoes, onion into bite-size pieces or fine chop them.
- Chop mint leaves (if using fresh mint) and cilantro leaves finely.
- Transfer all chopped veggies to a mixing bowl.
- Drizzle olive oil and squeeze out lemon juice into the bowl.
- Season with dried mint, salt, and crushed black pepper to taste.
- Now toss everything and yummy salad is ready.