Salad Shirazi — Tomato Cucumber Salad with fresh mint

Name: Salad Shirazi — Tomato Cucumber Salad with fresh mint
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: persian
Ingredients: 350 g cucumber; 350 g tomatoes; 100 g red onion; 30 ml lime juice; 15 ml olive oil; 2 g dried mint; 2 g salt; 8 g fresh mint

Salad Shirazi — Tomato Cucumber Salad with fresh mint. Independently written modern Persian halal variation, with broad culinary inspiration from Najmieh Batmanglij, Joon: Persian Cooking Made…

350 g cucumber
350 g tomatoes
100 g red onion
30 ml lime juice
15 ml olive oil
2 g dried mint
2 g salt
8 g fresh mint

Wash and finely chop the mint. Wash cucumber and tomatoes; cut into 5 mm dice. Peel and finely dice onion.
Combine cucumber, tomatoes and onion in a bowl.
Whisk lime juice, oil, dried mint and salt; toss through the vegetables with the variation ingredient.
Divide into four side portions and serve. Refrigerate covered at 4 °C if preparing ahead; use within 24 hours.
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