Beet Salad With Chives (Salatat Shamandar)

Submitted by Engrossed

"From: "Classic Vegetarian Cooking from the Middle East & North Africa" by Habeeb Salloum. Syria and Lebanon."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 5 large fresh beets
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
• 4 tablespoons fresh chives, finely chopped
• 4 teaspoons olive oil
• 4 tablespoons vinegar
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 4 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped to garnish

directions

1. Boil the beets until tender.
2. When beets are cool enough to handle, peel, dice, and place in a salad bowl.
3. Stir in garlic, cilantro, chives, olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper.
4. Chill for at least 1 hour.
5. Stir, sprinkle with parsley and serve.

Reviews

[*Parsley*]

Deliciously fresh-tasting! Once the beets are cooked and cut, it's super quick to make. It gets better the longer it chills. I made this exactly as written, just adding a little chopped sweet onion. I was thinking that goat milk fets would be nice to crumble on top. All beet lovers should try this. Thanx for sharing!

 

[Darkhunter]

Deelish! I'm so glad I love beets! And this is a wonderful salad to add to my roster of great beet recipes! I did use just a skoosh more garlic. For our taste buds, the cilantro was spot on! Thnx for sharing your recipe, Engrossed. Made for the French Forum Herb of the Month tag game.

 

[Dreamer in Ontario]

I liked this a lot. I made it exactly as written except for omitting the cilantro as DD doesn't like it. If making this for myself only I will definitely include it.

 

[PaulaG]

I had some beets in the refrigerator that needed to be used. This proved to be a very delightful way to serve them.