Is a rose a rose by any other name? Is a delicious salad still delicious whether you call it a Salad Shirazi, Israeli Salad or Choban Salad? Yes, yes and yes! Welcome, Salad Shirazi or Shirazi Salad. It’s such an easy salad yet also a staple of Persian and Middle Eastern cuisine. Cucumbers, tomatoes and onions mellow out in a tangy dressing of lime and olive oil for a fresh salad which is as beautiful as it is healthy and tasty!
Salad Shirazi is a simple, colorful salad of cucumbers, tomato and onion which is a staple of Persian cuisine! Vegan and gluten free.
It pretty much can be served with any meal – from kabob, to khoresht to kuku sabzi or whatever your heart desires! It’s perfect to balance out a heavy dish of rice or even for a light meal on warmer days. You could make the dressing with lemon as well but I prefer limes since they’re tangier and never have seeds. 🙂
Basically all you need to do to prepare this delicious salad is chop chop chop then dice dice dice the sh*t out of these veggies! Then you just toss with the simplest dressing ever and let everything mellow out for a few minutes… and voila! Your vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, rainbow salad is ready!
Salad Shirazi is a simple, colorful salad of cucumbers, tomato and onion which is a staple of Persian cuisine! Vegan and gluten free.
Pro tip: The dressing / juice left when you finish the salad is pretty much worth its weight in gold. Make sure to not let it go to waste by sopping it up with some bread, pouring it over your rice or simply drinking it if you feel adventurous 🙂
- 4-6 Persian cucumbers
- 3-4 medium tomatoes
- 1 medium red onion
- 2 limes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ⅛ teaspoon salt (1 pinch)
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper (1 pinch)
- Dice the cucumbers, tomatoes and onions. Get them fairly small and as uniform a size as possible.
- Put the diced veggies in a bowl and add the juice of the limes, the olive oil and salt and pepper.
- Mix the salad until combine.
- Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.
- Serve immediately or let sit to allow flavors to meld - 20 to 30 minutes should suffice!
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Such a beautiful clean and crisp salad. I make a similar salad but always add couscous, never thought to enjoy just the veggies. Love it!
Thanks so much Cheri! It’s my go-to base salad, but you can add pretty much anything to it. Couscous sounds delicious – I will try this next time! 🙂
Beautiful salad Ahu and one I have all time. Do you ever make Torshi?
Thanks Suzanne! Great question…. I haven’t in the last decade but my mom makes it all the time. I will be with her next week, maybe I’ll do a recipe post on it 🙂 I love torshi! So excited how much you know about and love Persian food.
I like how you offered that having this salad would allow for donut on National Donut Day!
Like my favorite quote says – everything in moderation, including moderation. 🙂
Love how colourful it is, and Im sure it tastes just how good it looks! ?
Thanks Shreya 🙂
simple and neat! I like this kind of salad!
Me too! 🙂
Lovely clean and fresh salad Ahu. I make something similar but with lemon and herbs, I really love the simplicity of this 🙂
Thanks Michelle! Sometimes I use lemon too if I don’t have lime – refreshing either way. 🙂
This looks so healthy and fresh. I am looking forward to making this later this week. #BlogEngagment
Looks Yummy!
The colors of this salad make its name very fitting! I bet it is incredibly flavorful!
One of my favorite summer salads! We dressed it with sour cream 🙂
love clean eating!! Healthy and refreshing bowl 🙂
such a pretty salad and i’m sure it tastes fab too.
This looks so good! So fresh and colorful 🙂
Looks so tasty and easy to do! I’m going to prepare this for my hubby thanks for the recipe 🙂
This looks beautiful! I have a bbq coming up in a few days, and this looks like a perfect side.
I love, love, love fatthoush, esp now that the mercury’s rising!
Yes, I totally agree! 😀