There are many types of salads or salat'i as they are called in Georgia. One of their most famous is called Lobio and made with kidney beans but for our purpose we will make just a simple typical Georgian salad as part of our supra. The salad can made with whatever fresh ingredients you have, if you have some Imeretian cheese you can add that. I decided to make the walnut dressing but you can do a simple oil and vinegar dressing as well. Adding in a bit of cayenne would also be common, the Georgians like a little kick in their food. Enjoy!
Georgian Salad
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 to matoes diced
- 2 cucumbers peeled, seeded and sliced
- 1 red onion sliced
- 2 peppers seeded and sliced
- small bunch of purple basil chopped
- small bunch of parsley chopped
- Imeritian cheese diced if using feta can be substituted
- for the dressing:
- walnuts about 1/4 cup crushed finely
- one clove garlic
- pinch of saffron
- pinch of ground coriander
- pinch of salt
- one teaspoon wine vinegar
- one teaspoon water
- one tablespoon oil
Instructions
- Mix together all the salad ingredients in a bowl
- for the dressing:
- Mix the first five ingredients, the walnuts, garlic, saffron, coriander, and salt using a mortar and pestle.
- Add in the vinegar and water to make a paste
- add oil to taste and serve over the salad
- Enjoy!
