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Israeli Salad

Name: Israeli Salad
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Israel
Ingredients: 2 Cucumber; 3 Tomato; 1/4 Onion; 1/2 bunch Parsley; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Side Dish

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Finely diced cucumber and tomato dressed with olive oil and lemon — Israel's everyday salad.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Israeli salad is cucumber and tomato cut into very fine dice and dressed with onion, parsley, olive oil, and lemon juice. It's said to have spread from the kibbutzim (collective farms), and it's eaten every day from breakfast to dinner, including alongside falafel and shakshuka.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At breakfast in a Tel Aviv café, a colorful finely chopped salad is laid out with eggs, bread, and cheese.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Cucumber 2
Tomato 3
Onion 1/4
Parsley 1/2 bunch
Olive oil 3 tbsp
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the cucumber and tomato into 5 mm dice.
Mince the onion and parsley.
Combine the vegetables in a bowl.
Dress with olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
Toss just before serving.

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