How Do You Make Persian Tomato & Cucumber Salad ( Shirazi Salad)?
This is the most common salad served with Persian cuisine. In the summer tomatoes and cucumbers are plentiful and used in many ways, this is a favorite. Often small cucumbers are served on fruit platters and eaten like a piece of fruit with salt. Peel cucumbers and dice finely set aside while chopping tomatoes into similar size as cucumbers. Cut the red onion as small as you can and add to tomato & cucumber mixture in a bowl and chill. Juice the limes or lemons in a bowl and add the olive oil. Sprinkle the dill weed, salt and pepper into the dressing and whisk just a bit, refrigerate. When you are just about to serve dinner remove vegetables and dressing from refrigerator. Combine the dressing with cucumbers & tomatoes & onions give it a nice toss. Taste for correct amount of seasoning, if satisfied with flavor serve in an attractive salad bowl.
