Which is better to serve salad with pilaf?

Pilaf is a dish that is considered almost all the peoples of the East. It is prepared on the basis of rice with the addition of meat or fish. The result is a high-calorie and rather oily mixture of products. Perhaps that is why it is customary to serve salad to pilaf. However, each country has its own ideas about this mandatory supplement. For example, you can consider several of the most popular options.

As easy as pie

Judging by the fact that pilaf is a rather heavy dish, it is better to use a lighter product with it. Ideal for this case are vegetables (tomato, cucumber or radish). They have a unique ability to soften the fat content of a dish and help it to be better absorbed by the body. To figure out which salad is better for pilaf, you must first be guided by your own taste. In addition, you must remember that this product can be of two types:

1. Complex (includes several components);
2. Simple (consists of one ingredient).

Both options are interesting and worthy of attention. Many housewives try to choose the second option and make a pilaf salad, for example, from tomatoes. True, it is more like a vegetable assortment, in which there is only one product. It can simply be cut into large pieces in a separate dish or put a few slices directly on a serving plate. In any case, it is necessary to submit salad to pilaf. It can even be ordinary large or small cherry tomatoes.

Spectacular addition

Everyone, of course, has their own eating habits. But, according to many, the most original salad for pilaf is “Margilan style”. Moreover, it also fits perfectly with barbecue.

Making such a dish is easy. It is only necessary to have in sufficient quantities the following ingredients: radish, onions, cabbage, ground red pepper and lemon.

The combination, of course, is not quite ordinary, but any housewife should be pleased with the fact that these products can always be found in the store. They do not belong to the category of rare or exotic. To prepare such a salad you need as follows:

1. It all starts with processing components. All products must be washed and then ground. It is better to chop the radish and cabbage thinly, and cut the onion in half rings.
2. The next step is product preparation. It concerns only onions. Half rings must first be doused with water, and then pour with fresh lemon juice. This will help get rid of excessive bitterness.
3. The last step is the assembly. All ingredients must be collected in one plate, salt them, mix and lightly sprinkle with pepper on top.

Salad can be folded into one dish or put it separately for each guest.

Feast of Freshness

Most housewives, however, prefer to make a tomato salad. To pilaf, in their opinion, it suits most. This is an absolutely correct and reasonable decision. Indeed, juicy tomatoes with a slight sourness perfectly set off the taste of fat stew. And in order to somehow diversify the additional dish, several different vegetables are used to prepare it. This mixture is sometimes called summer salad.

For its preparation it is usually required: for 3 cucumbers - 0.5 kilograms of tomatoes, salt, 2 onions or a bunch of green onions, as well as a little pepper.

You can make such a dish very quickly. To do this:

1. Cut the peeled onion into rings or half rings. If you use feathers, you just need to finely crush them.
2. Cut cucumbers and tomatoes into large cubes.
3. Mix the products, and then add to taste a little salt and pepper.

The peculiarity of this vegetable salad is that absolutely no dressing is required for it.

National traditions

There are products that are usually associated with a particular country. For Belarus this is potato, in Italy it is pasta, and for Uzbekistan it is pilaf. They know how to cook it especially delicious. But for the correct serving, an additional dish is required. Uzbeks, as a rule, make their favorite salad for pilaf - “Achik-Chuchuk”.

To prepare it, you need the following ingredients: fresh tomatoes, onions , ground black pepper, herbs (basil or parsley) and salt.

The cooking technology is extremely simple:

1. First, the onion is cut into thin half rings. After that, they should be put in a bowl of cold water, adding a few pieces of ice.
2. Cut vegetables into slices.
3. Coarse greens or just tear with your hands.
4. Combine the products in a clean bowl, add pepper and salt.

This salad is known and loved in any Uzbek family. It must be cooked together with pilaf on holidays and when dear guests are waiting in the house.