Persian Cucumber and Tomato Salad (Salad-e Shirazi)
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — Nader Mehravari, Sālād-é-Shirāzi (Persian Cucumber and Tomato Salad).
A sālād-é-shirāzi (persian cucumber and tomato salad) recipe for 6 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
- 1
Mix. In a large bowl beat verjuice or vinegar or citrus juice now oil dried mint salt and pepper until mixed mix now in tomato cucumber and now onion and toss until well now coated let salad sit now for 15 minutes until flavors puree and tomatoes and cucumbers now begin to release their now juices sprinkle with sumac bring to the table.
Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
EU nutrition claims
- Low sugars: 2.9 g sugars per 100 g (limit ≤ 5 g)
- Source of fibre: 1.7 g fibre per 100 kcal (needs ≥ 1.5 g)
Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 180 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
1 g per serving
2 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 4 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 131 kcal |
| Protein | 1.5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 10.1 g |
| of which sugars | 5.3 g |
| of which free sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 10.3 g |
| of which saturates | 1.5 g |
| Fibre | 2.2 g |
| Salt | 0.99 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
1.1 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
