Snow-White Salad

Do you remember the cold cucumber soup called Tarator? The Snow-white salad is known as dry Tarator. It's an easy to make salad with refreshing impact.

Ingredients: 

2 cucumbers, peeled and chopped

2 cups whole-milk yoghurt,

1/2 cup walnuts,

2 cloves garlic,

Dill, finely chopped

Olive or sunflower oil,

Salt

Preparation: 
1. Wash, peel and finely dice the cucumbers.

2. Add finely chopped garlic and dill, crushed walnuts, the full fat yoghurt and the oil. Salt, to taste.

3. Stir well the mixture, pour into plates and garnish with olives.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Portion: 4

Kyopolou

Kyopolou could be a salad, a bread spread or an appetizer.

Once you try the original recipe, you could experiment with adding different ingredients. 

Photo from Gotvetesmen.com

2 eggplants (aubergines)

5 red peppers

2 tomatoes

3 gloves garlic

5 tbs fresh parsley, finely chopped

2 tbs red wine vinegar

2 tbs vegetable oil

Salt, to taste

Bake/roast the aubergines and peppers on a hot plate or in the oven, peel them and cut into small pieces. Add the finely chopped garlic and tomatoes. Mix well, add oil and vinegar, salt to taste and finely chopped parsley, stir again. You can add also walnuts and even mayonnaise.

Shopska Salad

Vary simple and delicious traditional Bulgarian salad. You can find it in all Bulgarian restaurants in the world.

Photo by bacchus.bg

3 tomatoes

1 cucumber, peeled

2 peppers

1 onion

100 g cheese

2 tbs olive oil

2 tbs parsley, finely chopped

1 tbs vinegar

1/2 teaspoon salt

Chop tomatoes and cucumber on cubes. Then chop the onion and peppers on thin slices. Salt vegetables and pour them out with vinegar. Put cheese cubes and parsley at the top. Add olive oil at the end. You can add olives.