Salad shirazi is a light, simple, delicious Salad packed with fresh vegetables and herbs. This salad is a great option for serving along with Persian and Middle Eastern dishes. The fresh blend of cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, and herbs drizzled with a light lemon and mint dressing.

About This Recipe

I’m a big fan of the salads because you can customize them easily! Salads can be healthy and refreshing meals on their own or perfect complements to main dishes. Salad shirazi is a popular and traditional Iranian salad. This salad originated from Shiraz, a city located in the southwest of Iran. Complete your dinner or lunch table with this super easy and crisp cucumber and tomato salad. It’s the kind of salad I can never get enough of! Fresh and vibrantly colored! The dressing is so light and simple, with just a few ingredients. Fresh lime juice and a splash of olive oil. A pinch of salt and black pepper will complete it perfectly.

Why You Will Love Salad Shirazi

• Easy to Make. Complete your dinner or lunch table with this super easy and crisp cucumber and tomato salad. The ingredients of this salad are always available and come together quickly.
• Loaded with flavors: This salad is full of flavors and drizzle in a zingy dressing.
• Customizing the recipe. You can customize the salad dressing according to your taste.

What You Need to Make Salad Shirazi

Cucumber, tomato, and onion are the basic ingredients you need to make this salad. Perhaps the simplicity of preparation has made this salad one of the most popular Iranian salads. There are various options for seasoning this salad. Lemon juice, unripe grape juice (ab-ghooreh), olive oil, and vinegar, or a combination of any of them plus a little salt and mint will complete your delicious salad.

• Cucumbers: For making salad Shirazi you should opt for thin-skinned, crispy, and fresh Persian cucumbers. If Persian cucumbers are not available, you can opt for English cucumbers. These cucumbers are almost seedless and crunchy, but they are more watery than Persian cucumbers. If cucumbers have nice thin skin, you don’t have to peel them, but usually, in Iran, cucumbers are peeled to make Shirazi salad.
• Tomatoes: The second important item of this salad is tomato. Use ripe but firm tomatoes because we are going to chop the cucumbers and tomatoes very finely and evenly.
• Onion: Raw onions can add a nice crunchy texture to salads. If you do not have enough time to chop the ingredients or you do not like the taste of onions in salads, you can ignore them, but I must say that the classic Shirazi salad is not complete without onions. I usually use red onions for salads, but you can also use yellow or white onions.
• Salt and black pepper: The spice of this salad is just salt and a little black pepper.
• Salad dressing: The dressing for this salad can be just lemon juice, unripe grape juice, or a combination of olive oil and vinegar or lemon juice and olive oil. Usually, mayonnaise is not added to this salad dressing, but if you like creamy salad dressings, you can also use a little mayonnaise.
• Herbs: The best option for this salad is to use a little ground dried mint, but if you do not have it available, you can chop some fresh mint leaves or fresh parsley and sprinkle it on the salad.

How to Make Salad Shirazi Like a Pro?

• Use fresh, firm, and thin skin cucumbers and tomatoes for an eye-catching and appetizing salad. You can also dice cucumbers with peel.
• Using a sharp knife, dice cucumbers, tomatoes, and onion evenly into small cubes.
• Adding other ingredients to the salad takes it away from the classic and original recipe.

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