Salad Shirazi
Salad Shirazi is a traditional Iranian salad. An excellent - colourful, light and refreshing salad. Shirazi means from Shiraz, a beautiful city in SW of Iran. Shiraz is known as the city of poets, literature, and flowers.
This ancient city is more than 4,000 years old. The name Shiraz is mentioned in cuneiform inscriptions from around 2000 B.C.. There are loads of beautiufl tourism attractions in Shiraz such as palcaes, citadels, old houses, beautiful gardens, old gran bazar, tombs of famouse poets such as Hafez and Saadi. With a short driving distance from Shiraz are the ruins of ancient palaces in the Persepolis which was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire about 550-330 B.C.. , UNESCO declared Persepolis as a World Heritage Site.
There are also rock cut tombs of the Ahaemenid and Sassanid kings , a Zoroastrian fire temple, tomb of Cyrus the Great in the Pasargadae (it dates back to 559-29 B.C.). And yet more and more tourism attractions to visit and enjoy in Shiraz.
Ok lets get back to our salad Shirazi. This tasty salad has citrusy mild flavour and might be served as salad or side dish. It is served in most of Persian restaurants as a side dish.