How to make Israeli salad

Get the full recipe here: www.haaretz.com... and find out why this chopped salad is a staple in the Middle East.
Producer & Director: Aimee Amiga, Photographer: David Bachar, Editor: Eran Cohen Atzmoni.
(c) Haaretz 2016.

[@charlottehanna3860]

This is a wonderful salad. It reminds me of my Lebanese step grandmother's salad dressing. Oh yum. Please don't go hating on this due to the clash of cultures. TY. Let's stay focused on beautiful food.

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

It's not a clash of cultures, this is censored history, most of the arab speaking countries that claim to be the origin of this salad were parts of iran, and this salad is just shirazi salad with the added addition of bell peppers and substitution of lemon juice instead of sour grape juice. With all due respect, Enjoy your shirazi salads 😁

[@rawanmhs5898]

@@IDreamElectricSheep if there’s an addition to sth , this sth isn’t the same thing! So it’s not shirazi neither it’s israeli !

[@navrhy3075]

This aged badly

[@tephanieburnett378]

Quick, easy, and delicious! Loved the video and the presentation. Thanks for sharing!

[@ikurasake]

Just made this for the first time. So easy and delicious. It's all about the quality of the ingredients

[@yamamahtayama6985]

Very old iranian salad called salad shirazi

[@kimquinn7728]

Oh. My. Gosh!! It's salad! Fresh ingredients. Great taste. What's not to like? Who CARES who put it together first? No one of you squeezed out the first cucumber seed! Enjoy for the sake of the food, for goodness sake.

[@yviesunshine8176]

Proves people will disagree about everything. Even vegetables.

[@charlottehanna3860]

@@yviesunshine8176 isn't it petty? Beautiful food here. I don't care who owns it. TY for sharing.

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

This is shirazi salad, and they've just added bell pepper to make seem "new". It's just like "turkish" bread and baqlava which are parts of iranian multicultural heritage. It's important who made it, it's a lart of our cultural identity, and you don't simply go around and steal people's cultural identity. How would you feel if someone stole your identity or a sentimental photograph from you!

[@kimquinn7728]

Isn't it a matter of how you choose to look at it? Its a compliment when someone enjoys a food and chooses to make it. Its not stealing. To have that view is like a whole new set of bars being placed up to keep people separate, stranded and ostracized. Food is a labor of love. Cooking or consuming. Do it with joy. I never trust a person who claims they would love to 'share' their recipe and then deliberately leave out ingredients. Its feels stingy and small hearted. To me, anyway.

[@winterismyfavseason]

imagine you inventing a new dish being creative and then forigners clashing your country, murdering your people and stealing your cultural food. now would you still say the same thing? shut up if you aren't middle eastern

[@hakanosmanogullar4159]

Hello, this is how we make the salad in Turkey. There are common dishes in Greece, Türkiye and Israel. It originates from the close geography. There are certain dishes that can be prepared in whatever grows in that climate.

[@olgabragina7831]

There is nothing better than Israeli salad!

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

You mean shirazi salad, wink wink.

[@lucashogan2912]

Get a fucking life, loser. You’re literally on every damn comment butt hurt over this Israeli salad. Get over it, or go cry to momma

[@richardpage7323]

when I was a boy we called this grandfather salad and the eggplant dishes grandfathers eggplant. he would always add dill. the older I get the more I eat them both with sesame bread or rice and yogurt. He imparted to us an entire cuisine of Sephardic culture of France and Spain without us knowing any of the Hebrew names.

[@vivekrbs]

Great salad. I just throw in some avocado as well

[@glykera]

And Kohlrabi for the extra crunch

[@melvindias1249]

It is apparent that Israel is a blessing. Halleluiah.

[@reginasemenenko148]

I love it and have this salad every time we go to the jewish delicatessen.

[@VoppyDasKlown]

That looks good. I will steal the recipe. Replace the parsley with cilantro and throw in a diced serrano chile... Wait a second, that's salsa!

[@rmc169]

pico de gallo.. lol

[@gina7142]

Salsa with cucumbers??!? Why don't you save your comments!

[@chaank1069]

not really. cucumbers do not go in salsa.

[@ШивШарма]

Cute method of salad making

[@schellstarr]

What I've been noshing on for the past mth.😊

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Shirazi salad

[@greekphilfoodsetc9772]

Delicious salad nice video

[@yamamahtayama6985]

Iranian salad and the name salad shirazi سالاد شیرازی

[@sandragrant8271]

Pass the bowl. Yum!

[@JanuWaray]

I've been making this salad for years now. Funny, I wasn't even aware it was called Israeli Salad... Thanks for the info!

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Actually it's shirazi salad, they've just added bell pepper to make it seem "new"

[@saradashti7369]

@@IDreamElectricSheep are you kidding me? This is not the first thing isreal steals. They are known for it🤣

[@CEB1896]

Reminds me of Turkish shepherds salad. But let’s be honest here: A salad of tomatoes, cucumber, onion etc can be found almost anywhere in the world and especially in the Middle East and surrounding regions. I would just call this “a salad”.

[@mets3214]

People call it "salat" in Israel which just means salad. Idk how it got the name Israeli salad outside of Israel lol, the whole Mediterranean makes a variation of this dish. I like Shepherd's Salad since it also has the long green peppers and feta cheese, I also like to add sumac to it.

[@g.l9628]

Oh gee, this salad is so easy to make I cud even create it while the comment section is fighting as to where it's original from 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@kingbibihabibi]

Arabs can complain about Israelis culturally "appropriating their food" when they stop being Muslim or Christian -- which are, ya know, cultural appropriation of Judaism.

[@niktodarksidelegendary1001]

Shut up

[@2009jadeorchid]

well it is middle eastern salad many areas have differing versions of it no matter from the differing version all is good beautiful recipe !

[@naninani-wq8ri]

I love Israel food

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Chill, this is shirazi salad.

[@melop6614]

Gefilte Fish is a Jewish creation. This is the Egyptian "Salata Balady" -country salad.

[@benjamin-df2qv]

mel op salata umak

[@interestingyoutubechannel1]

mel op You do realize that Jews until today have lived in Egypt since more than 1000 years EARLIER than Arabs ever arrived. Even ancient Egyptian pharaoh written records found in archaeology mention the nation of Israel. So what I'm saying, is anything you say is Egyptian, is at least equally Jewish as it is Arab. It's both peoples food.

[@yvettemoore1228]

mel op 1992 Be M' So you're even arguing with each other? It's Egyptian. It's Palestinian. It's Iranian. It's probably Syrian and Jordanian as well. Not to mention Lebanese, Turkish and Moroccan. Guess what? It's. A. Salad. Someone thought, a long time ago. Somewhere. Of putting together things that grow together and ripen at the same time. It happens. In Israel, and amongst Jews, it's called Israeli salad because since the Jews were forcibly evicted from every single Arab country (how many Jews in Iraq now? How many Arabs in Israel?) it's probably the place they first came across it. Humans are pathetic. We need another great flood and start all over again.

[@Kristenm28]

@@yvettemoore1228 coming soon, but it will be FIRE this time.

[@charlottehanna3860]

@@yvettemoore1228 ....thank.....you.....

[@mariavillalobos8116]

Un gonna make this deliciosa ensalada!!!!

[@Raptuza]

Yum...i ll og shop the ingredients!

[@CLARA3952]

I like israeli salad... but would add cilantro instead of parsley

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

It's shirazi salad, they've just added bell pepper to make it sound like "original" 🤦‍♂️

[@rubywingo6030]

I'm from Texas. We just called that tomato salad.

[@danawilliams1202]

Or sissy salsa...

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Well texas, remove the bell pepper and use sour grape juice instead of lemon juice and now enjoy your shirazi salad 💁‍♂️

[@IamFaisalHearMyRoar]

I’m saudi we call this just salad “salata”

[@christoohunders5316]

Enjoy it while you can.

[@blackcitroenlove]

Healthy & tasty, especially when it's super hot out.

[@mohamedkabha6861]

this is called arab salad even in Israel they are just trying to steal everything Palestinian

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

@@mohamedkabha6861 you mean shirazi salad

[@mohamedkabha6861]

@@IDreamElectricSheep shirazi salad is related but it isn't the same, this salad was appropriated from local arab salads and then named israeli salad

[@shimairani6297]

It's not Israeli. It's shirazi salad stop copying other people cultures

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

That's cultural identity theft, more offensive than copying.

[@jampisitinjak7213]

Love it...

[@paryaafshar3586]

This is Iranian Shirazi salad and you put an Israeli name on it.... 😑😑😑😑😑

[@2009jadeorchid]

they had it in los angeles at a iranian restaurant it is from iran

[@madwilli3205]

Alchemist brought me here

[@klasified1]

alchemist THEE best

[@dcrafton3988]

lol

[@christoohunders5316]

Avec un peu de Zaatar et de la coriandre c'et une salade Libanaise !

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Actually this is shirazi salad, with the added addition of bell peppers and substituting lemon juice instead of sour grape juice.

[@astricorqueda9439]

yum

[@mar3857]

WTH, now Tabbouleh became an Israeli salad!!!! Hahaha . Irony

[@pines.7660]

yeah no, israeli salad is straight up tomato and cucumbers, this however is tabbouleh

[@a.maskil9073]

This isn't tabbouleh, lol.

[@shahabd2780]

NO this is not originally an israeli sallad... This is called salade shirazi and is from shiraz in iran.

[@trublgrl]

The Shirazi salad was annexed during the six day war, hence the new name. _Flames ignited._

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

How about kose nanat 😂. I wonder if you'd make stupid jokes about someone who steals your identity 😏.

[@trublgrl]

@@IDreamElectricSheep -Who's there? _-You_ -You who? _-Yoo Hoo! I'm the guy that stole your identity!_ And a fine day to you and your mother as well, sir.

[@liliuommel6246]

O wow , infact this is an old very old iranian salad recipe which name is shirazi salad .its root goes back to shiraz city wich is the third big city of iran for decads...

[@benjamin-df2qv]

פפשש הארץ מה קרה אתם לא חושבים שזה סלט 'פלסטיני'?

[@mariavillalobos8116]

Mmmm......yum!

[@anng.4542]

This looks like the salad eaten in the movie, Ushpizin (The Guests). (Minus the sacred citron species, fortunately.)

[@yamamahtayama6985]

Shirazi salad .......shiraz is city in iran so its IRANIAN salad 🇮🇷 This is very old iranian salad

[@derekpersky8178]

Would be nice if you included how much Salt and pepper.

[@devorah935]

Looks lush

[@arianrad7260]

it is salad shirazi(iran) and you said Israel salad

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Exactly!

[@austinmistretta8373]

Iranian? Don't you mean Persian?

[@arianrad7260]

@@austinmistretta8373 don't different Iranian or Persian

[@ahmadjarrad2635]

Just so you know, Israelis call this “Arab Salad” because it’s Arab salad

[@zarajamali2383]

This is hilarious‌, it's an Iranian Salad called Shirqzi Slad, it's also served in Lebnon, and Israel claims it for itself, haha😂😂😂typical

[@richardvonhohenleben3143]

Who gives? Curb your cultural war.

[@Amirali12896]

İt is for israel Persian dont have money to eat food

[@zarajamali2383]

@@Amirali12896 what a stupid statement

[@happydays0220]

👍

[@mets3214]

Fun fact, no one in Israel calls this Israeli salad, it's just "salat katsutz" (Chopped Salad) or even "salat aravi" (Arab salad). This type of salad is common throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean. Everyone there has some variation of it that is practically almost the same. Turkish: Shepherd Salad, Persian: Shirazi Salad, Palestinian: Salatat Banadura, Egyptian: Salata Baladi, Saudi: Salata, Indian: Kachumber, etc. What we know for sure is that tomatoes weren't even introduced and cultivated in the Middle East until around the 18th - 19th century in the Levant which was part of the Ottoman Empire. Nevertheless, almost every cuisine in the region has a form of it and it isn't a big deal that this is called Israeli Salad outside of Israel.

[@AE-xy6wj]

Even the sald is occupied 😂

[@jamilabidrabbu1198]

And what makes this salad Israeli i dont get it

[@lessehead]

Jamil Abidrabbu It is called Israeli salad because Israel has done such an incredible job with drip irrigating the desert that they grow lots of tomatoes, cucumbers, and the other ingredients of this salad. They took barren, useless land and brought it to life. When my children were in Israel, they were served this salad every day because the ingredients were so plentiful.

[@mohamedkabha6861]

@@lessehead hhhhhhh even Israelis call this arab salad because the "israeli miracle of agriculture" isnt real the land of Palestine was always fertile, long before the jews came main exports were cotton and oranges check wikipedia instead of creating lies

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

@@lessehead 😂😂😂 this is shirazi salad, kid yourselves. Hypocrites

[@aliawesome12fab]

Im pretty sure thats Iranian Shirazi Salad.

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

You're correct.

[@freespirit7795]

It's a middle eastern dish which is definitely older than Israel itself. You haven't even added anything special to it to name it after Israel.

[@Anonymous-wk9zg]

Greek salad is better than Israeli salad, Italian salad (bistro salad leaves or baby salad spinahc leaves or mixed bag salad with beetroot shavings) mozarella slices, parma ham, avocado, tomatoes with balsmaic vinegar and oliver oil and sald and pepper is the best salad.

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

This is shirazi salad. And to be fair about your taste, everyone's different.

[@Anonymous-wk9zg]

@@IDreamElectricSheep Thanks for the info. That's true although Greek salad is more popular throughout the world!

[@ramilioverduzco]

My dad remembers when Israel was not a country.

[@moroueh5773]

It still isn't

[@dcrafton3988]

@@moroueh5773 look on google

[@Channel-ml4qv]

Your father was alive in the 11th century BC?

[@danghoangluong2942]

that mean you don't have a dad

[@saiya8615]

This is Indian Kuchumbar salad 🥗😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@yasmina4560]

?? The account owner must be Israeli

[@ahmody7500]

Even Israelis call it "salat aravi" (Arab salad), it has nothing to do with the colonialists.

[@drowzy7338]

Not true

[@drowzy7338]

Salat aravi is a different Salad

[@neenabzamro3759]

its mediterranean or middle eastern. Israel was established in the 40s this salad has been there for centuries

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

@John Quinn by that nonsensical fanatic logic birds should claim the whole earth, because they're the direct descendants of dinosaurs. 💁‍♂️ Btw enjoy your shirazi salad, don't forget to add some sour grape juice, just like the actual original recipe. 😉

[@Channel-ml4qv]

Literally every country around Israel was established around that time as well…

[@neenabzamro3759]

@@Channel-ml4qv somewhat true but it's native to the people in that area you cant claim that burgers are Americans because it's the most popular in America but it's originally German and so on.

[@the-chipette]

*Arab Salad* ftfy

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Shirazi salad

[@leentsourspypers4177]

Wait This Isnt HowToBasic

[@dcrafton3988]

LMAO 😂😂😂😂

[@wirsinds6460]

بابا این سالاد شیرازی خودمونه که خاک تو سرت اسرائیل. This is Irans Salad Shirazi

[@bfunirfeyh5822]

“Israeli” 😂😂😂😂

[@SomeoneSomewhere-el3cl]

Is pizza and sushi israeli too now?😂😂

[@2009jadeorchid]

lol!

[@mariesantoro1951]

It's great to see a neat, clean, organized person preparing this healthy and inexpensive standby (as opposed to the pathetic attention-hungry slobs in some of the other videos). Like most traditional recipes it's very flexible, but I wonder why he added a red onion when the standard calls for scallions?

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

The standard is shirazi salad, it doesn't have the bell pepper and it uses sour grape juice instead of lemon juice (although sometimes it is also served with lemon juice) and in the original shirazi recipe, it is actually onions.

[@lamiyaahmad6452]

احا هاي سلطه عربيه حتى هاي سرقتوها 😂

[@icequeen8531]

The Best Salad Recipe! LONG LIVE NETANYAHU!

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Enjoy your shirazi salad 😉 maybe those vitamins can put some sense inside your fascist-loving head. 😏

[@sofiaalvarado1735]

Beautiful!♥️May the Lord Jesus Bless You!♥️🇮🇱♥️

[@makoslawyer2342]

Is this a joke?

[@lanazbedat5508]

It is arabic salad😓

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Shirazi salad

[@dinozorskull]

classic the mediterranen salad, not isreal

[@abigailgonzalez9563]

us mexicans and hispanics make it too...so i guess its american

[@dcrafton3988]

no , it was made in arab countries , but jewish people who left them knew the food too so , you can call it jewish and you can call it arabic

[@GoogleUser-lz9nc]

It's most popular Ukraine salad! :) but sunflower oil is added in it.

[@Anonymous-wk9zg]

I think it is better without the peppers though.

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

@@dcrafton3988 those arab countries where part of iran, and this is shirazi salad 💁‍♂️

[@angelsarereal6003]

I made this, it was blah, so I added a few other spices.

[@husamad9824]

Stop stealing palestinian things

[@hoop23legend]

ur part of the religion of peace, talk nicer :)

[@husamad9824]

+Fiona Benassi it is palestinian :) and there is tomatos and lemons her in palestine ecaxtly in jericho So don't try to be genuis Search for "israeli occupation in 1948" on youtube and tell me if this is israel or palestine .. Thanks :) and sorry for bad english

[@dinozorskull]

sure

[@inevitablext]

Muhammed eats dogshit for breakfast

[@husamad9824]

Inevitable Who's muhammed? Lol do you think im a muslim? Lol okay

[@nasimnikookalam9932]

This is a Persian Salad

[@saqibasnari7728]

Kbkp Ug

[@saqibasnari7728]

Kg

[@nasimnikookalam9932]

@@saqibasnari7728 whattttttt

[@yvettemoore1228]

There are some seriously pathetic humans out there. Ooh. I know. Let's just call it Blarg. IT'S A SALAD

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Yes exactly, a shirazi salad. 😉 Enjoy!

[@a.maskil9073]

@@IDreamElectricSheep lmao you're pathetic. You've responded to every fucking comment .

[@louieash7910]

Stop stealing palestinian food & talk about israeli occupation instead...this is Arab palestinian salad

[@aliawesome12fab]

Lmfao no such thing as Israeli salad This is clearly a cheap knockoff of Iran’s “Salad Shirazi”.

[@asasbs1411]

stop stealing things jews

[@Aqua.man045]

Stop occupation of their cities like Medina, Bethlehem, etc.

[@asasbs1411]

Aqua Man and new york and Oslo right? stupid fuck

[@Aqua.man045]

SD91 Medina was founded by the jews you dumb shit look it up and so was Bethlehem.

[@leentsourspypers4177]

SD91 how bout Jewpeter

[@abigailgonzalez9563]

in america we make this salad too we call it pico de gallo, exactly so i guess we stole it too?

[@SULTAN007ist]

Nothing Israeli in this salad!

[@abigailgonzalez9563]

well us mexican we make it the same and we call it mexican salad too

[@oliverkalamata2753]

Yeah, onions....parsley....bellpepper....nothing Israeli. You antisemites are a joke. 😒

[@nirhakimian3204]

Smiling Smiling In Israel it is called Arab salad. If you are unhappy that Jews cook and eat Arab cuisine, all you have to do is give back all the Jewish holy places that you thieves converted to Islam and we will stop to cook your cuisine. Deal?

[@benjamin-df2qv]

Nir Hakimian בתכלס יהודים שגדלו על זה הביאו את האוכל הזה ממדינות ערב .. תאמין לי שהמטבח הערבי בארץ לא חידש להם הרבה.

[@nirhakimian3204]

prince Benjamin אני מסכים

[@sherrykhorram]

It is Shirazi Salad belongs to Iran ( persians).. lol " Israeli Salad" lol

[@nohagirgis6950]

It's middle eastern salad...arabic, persian.israeli, egyptian......all of the above..same region. Same food. Stop being so sensitive people...grow up

[@timothy9434]

PALESTINE!!!

[@abbasduman6963]

Are you kidding me? First steal their land and then their culture and just pretend it was yours? That's nothing but ridiculous...

[@2009jadeorchid]

they even stole pita bread sour cream salad from danes dried salmon from finland potato salad from austria they had it at a persian restaurant in los angeles

[@Shrulik]

you are kidding us. first occupy huge territories outside the hejaz. impose the cult of the shiaitan, steal local customs and holy places of Judaism and then cry on youtube

[@godmodule6842]

This is Shepherd's Salad, now it is a nationalist salad :(

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Shirazi salad, 😉

[@crazylova91]

I have a much better and easier idea for you. Simply take this Palestinian salad as it is, and replace "Palestinian" with "Israeli" salad and done! I mean you already stole the land and the cuisine, might as well get some Arab salad while you're at it :)

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Shirazi salad.

[@drowzy7338]

Lmao get a life

[@ahmedkhalidi]

this is Palestinian food, first you took our land now our food

[@godspeed4458]

Source: trust me, bro

[@imtherealcptprice5455]

Arabic salad*

[@Ali_y8]

Lebanese rip off but worse 😂

[@MohammadAhmad-ck1hi]

Palestinian salad not “Israeli” salad

[@danghoangluong2942]

what is palestinian

[@Shrulik]

says the thief of all Jewish holy places that his cult of the shaitan pretends that Jews were Muslim prophets. You are born and die hypocrite

[@McBeaner720]

I see what the Israelis did here three shades of red to symbolize the spilled Palestinian blood, nice.

[@LEK]

Get a fucking life you pathetic loser

[@kristinalopz1623]

Terrible....

[@nicolejansens9317]

Les légumes ne sont pas pelé quel horreur

[@dylanalgifari920]

Honestly that is normal salad -/-

[@IDreamElectricSheep]

Yep, normal shirazi salad, with the added addition of bell peppers 💁‍♂️

[@Ahmz5623]

Jews salads! 🫣😂

[@El-A1]

“Ali hamza” already know who you are.. a Arab guy who acts like a animal wbk

[@ihanaa9803]

LOL this is Palestinian !

[@Aqua.man045]

waaaah waaah

[@godspeed4458]

Source?

[@omarfaraj9894]

Lol stop taking other people culture and food this is Morocco salad

[@paryaafshar3586]

This is Iranian Shirazi salad and you put an Israeli name on it.... 😑😑😑😑😑