Persian Cucumber Salad (Shirazi Salad)
This Persian Cucumber Salad (Shirazi Salad) is delicious, colorful, and healthy. With crunchy vegetables and fresh, homemade dressing, it's the perfect salad for entertaining or a quick lunch.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 116kcal
Ingredients
- 4 Persian cucumbers
- 2 roma tomatoes
- 2 oz parsley or fresh mint
- 1/3 onion chopped
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp lemon juice 1 lemon wedge
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Chop off the ends of the cucumber and slice into pieces. To do this, first slice the cucumber into halves, then lengthwise slices, and finally chop into small pieces. Add to the salad bowl.
- Next chop the tomatoes and add them to the bowl.
- Gather the parsley in a bunch and chop it up, stopping about an inch or two from the bottom. Add chopped pieces to the salad bowl.
- Peel onion and slice off about 1/3 of it. Chop this into small pieces as well, then add to the bowl.
- Add olive oil and lemon juice (squeezed from a quarter of a lemon) to a measuring cup. Whisk until combined. Drizzle on salad.
- Add salt and pepper to taste and mix salad ingredients together.
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Notes
- Peel the cucumbers or not, totally up to you
- You can use fresh parsley in this recipe or fresh mint
- Add chopped onion, lemon juice, salt, and pepper to taste
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 116kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Sodium: 302mg | Potassium: 251mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1512IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 1mg