Salad Shirazi - Cucumber and Tomato Salad from Shiraz
Three ingredients, all finely diced, with lime juice and mint. On every table in Iran and ready in under ten minutes.
Why this dish is good for you
Raw, water-rich and low in calories. The lime juice provides vitamin C, which improves iron absorption from a pulse dish served alongside.
Ingredients
- Cucumber(very finely diced)400 g
- Tomatoes(very finely diced)360 g
- Red onion120 g
- Lime juice48 g
- Mint8 g
- Olive oil24 g
- Salt4 g
Method
- 1
Cut cucumber, tomatoes and onion into very small, even dice. The size is the whole difference here.
- 2
Finely chop the mint.
- 3
Toss everything with lime juice, olive oil and salt.
- 4
Let stand for ten minutes and serve immediately. After an hour the cucumber draws water and the salad turns watery.
🥒 Warum so klein geschnitten wird
In Iran this salad is eaten with a spoon or scooped up with bread. Large pieces do not work for that.
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