Salad Shirazi

Ingredients

• 5 Persian cucumbers (or 2 English cucumbers, the idea is to use seedless cucumbers)
• 4 round tomatoes
• 1 medium red onion
• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 tbsp dry mint
• 1 tbsp oil (optional)
• salt & pepper

Method:

1. These three veggies are all you need for this salad! Here is the thing though, you have to small dice ALL of them and they have to be, give or take, the same size. Think of it as a Persian Pico de Gallo! Now let’s get choppin’!
   
   
   
2. Small dice cucumbers. Depending on the thickness of the cucumbers they can either be divided into 6 or 8 slices.
   
   
   
3. Dice onion…I didn’t use all of my onion as it was too much. You can see in the next picture the piece that I left out. You don’t want the onion to overpower the rest of the ingredients.
   
   
   
4. Do the same with the tomatoes. I would suggest doing the tomatoes last so that you don’t have to whip your cutting board dry after chopping them.
   
   
   
5. And Voila! Here they are all nice and chopped up!  Season with salt, pepper and add dried mint.
   
   
   
6. Mix well, cover and place in the fridge for 20 minutes. Make sure to taste the salad to make sure that there is enough salt.
   
   
   
7. In the mean time juice fresh lime.  Homeyra says that oil is optional for the dressing.
   
   
   
8. If you would like to add oil, then add 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil.
   
   
   
9. Pour lime juice and olive oil over the salad. Mix well and refrigerate for at least one hour before serving.
   
   
   
   
10. Salad Shirazi can be served with any meal. YUM!