One of the easiest yet versatile salads in the Arab world and Middle East is Arabic Salad! Few ingredients are required, it’s fresh and compliment any dish!
What is Arabic Salad?
It’s a simple basic chopped salad made with cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, and parsley. That’s the classic most common version. The dressing is also quite simple to make you will just need olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
This salad is quite popular in Arab and Middle Eastern countries. There are a lot of versions and variations you can do with this salad. Many vegetables can be added such as peppers, radishes, olives, or green leafy vegetables. Some prepare it with finely chopped veggies and some like it chunky .
Is it Healthy?
Arabic salad is a healthy salad you can add to your meals, it’s made with fresh vegetables packed with nutrients, and many health benefits.
Recipe Ingredients and Notes:
Here is what you will need for my version of the Arabic salad:
- Cucumbers : It’s preferred to use Persian cucumbers (if available) for this salad, they are crispier than English cucumber.
- Tomatoes: use the large meaty tomatoes, I believe it’s called Red Beefsteak Tomato, that is the tomato I’ve used to make this salad.
- Parsley: Fresh chopped parsley, if it’s difficult to find fresh parsley you can use dried parsley but it won’t be the same as using fresh in this salad.
- Red Onion: green onion can be used instead of red onion.
- Radishes: use the small red radish.
- Salad dressing: classic Arabic salad dressing using olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice, sumac, dry mint, salt, and pepper.
How to make the salad?
- Chop all the vegetables and add them to a bowl.
- Mix the dressing ingredients in small bowl.
- Add the dressing to the salad and mix well.
There you go, the easiest salad you can have in 10 minutes.
What to serve the salad with?
This salad can be served with any meal, whether it’s meat or vegetable dishes. You can also serve it with rice dishes like Mujadara, or a simple Vermicelli rice.
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Arabic Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cucumbers chopped
- 1 tomato chopped
- 1 radish chopped
- ¼ cup parsley chopped
- ¼ red onion finely chopped
Dressing ingredients
- 1 lemon juiced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp dry mint powder
- ¼ tsp sumac powder
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- To a medium size bowl, add all the chopped vegetables.
- In a small bowl/jar add the dressing ingredients and mix well.
- Add the dressing to the salad, mix, serve, and enjoy.
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