Shirazi Salad

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Did you ever hear the rumor that Sephardic men never ever, ever do any housework? Well, I can testify that my father-in-law, Ezzy, has never, ever changed a diaper! However, he is the best fruit-and-vegetable-cutter there is! If you want anything peeled, chopped, or cut—he is the man! So, whenever he comes to visit I know I can count on him to do all my chopping! So much for stereotypes! When it comes to Shirazi salad, he is my personal chopper! You might think this salad is almost identical to Israeli salad, and you might be right—just dont say it to any one born in Shiraz! 
Many people use cilantro in this recipe instead of mint. It is fabulous either way.

Salad:
2 large tomatoes, washed and diced into ¼ inch squares
½ red onion, peeled and diced into ¼ inch squares
1 large English seedless cucumber (or 1 regular cucumber, seeded), diced into ¼ inch squares
¾ cup chopped mint leaves or ¼ cup dried mint leaves or cilantro

Dressing:
¼ cup olive oil
juice of 3 limes (½ cup lime juice)
1 tablespoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper

Garnish
fresh mint or cilantro leaves (optional) 1. Mix all vegetables together.
2. Right before serving pour dressing over and toss salad.
3. Garnish with fresh mint leaves.

Yield: 3 cups

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• cooking
• persian
• food
• salad

[revasanders]

I love all your food!

[kosherpersianfood]

@revasanders Thanks!

[Cydira]

Bedoone nana ke nemishe :P

[kosherpersianfood]

@Cydira Love nana too...but not in my Shirazi salad...it is growing so much in my garden it is taking over all the other plants...I must do something about it asap!

[ninipouie]

your not iranian are you?

[kosherpersianfood]

@ninipouie No, I am not. I am from Venezuela.

[YeshuaPeace]

OMG I love Shirazi salad. My friends' aunt always makes it at their parties. I love it.

[yumyam09]

Thank you ,keep it up.Cheers :)

[solmazArman]

@kosherpersianfood be onvane yek shirazi pishnahad mikonam az poodre nanaye khoshk va abghoreh estefade konid..ham sahihtare ham khoshmazetar :''D MOVAFAGH BASHID

[kosherpersianfood]

@Cydira I love nana too...tell my mother-in-law!

[spiderman8261]

I am from U.S. and originally from SHIRAZ, you did a great job, but the other very important thing what you should add is DRY MINT, also dressing is almost optional, but traditional & original dress for shirazi salad is lime juice or aab Ghooreh, salt, dry mint. and you dont really need to add Parsley but it is totally optional and i'm sure Parsley makes it taste good aswell . GREAT JOB SO FAR... I LOVE SHIRAZ & SHIRAZI SALAD. & congratulation that your HUSBAND is from SHIRAZ too. :)