Festive salad

Armenian festive salad is a traditional dish of Armenian cuisine that is often served during celebrations and holidays. It is refreshing and combines different ingredients. The salad usually consists of fresh vegetables. It is always my favourite part of any Armenian dish. This salad is and always has been one of my favourite meals. I like to make a big bowl of it and serve it with just about anything.

Armenian festive salad goes well with a variety of dishes. We can serve it as a side dish to grilled meat or roasted vegetables. Plus, you can enjoy it on its own as a light and refreshing meal. So, if you want to recreate this delicious Armenian salad at home, feel free to gather the ingredients and give it a try. It’s a simple dish that’s bursting with flavour and sure to impress your family and friends. Enjoy it!

You will need:

5 egg
6 pickled cucumber
2 carrot
2 beetroot
1/4 cup sour cream
salt and pepper

Procedure:

To prepare this salad, start by boiling some eggs until they are fully cooked. Once the eggs are done, carefully peel them and cut them into small 1 cm cubes. You can boil the beets in their skins until they become soft. Once the beets are cooked, remove their skins and cut them into similar 1 cm cubes.

Now it’s time to assemble the salad. Drizzle a little sour cream over the eggs, beetroot, carrot and cucumber pickle. Start the plate by placing a generous amount of chopped eggs on each. Next, add some beets, also diced, to the beets. Then evenly divide the sliced ​​carrot and cucumber pickle into each. Continue and repeat the entire set of layers until you reach the top of the plate. Season the salad with salt and pepper to your taste.

Let the salad sit for about an hour to allow the flavours to fully develop and meld.
So try it and enjoy the wonderful combination!

Layered pancake salad can be found here

Egg – Property – Sweet, neutral; lung, stomach and spleen meridians entered.
Actions – Nourish yin and moisten dryness, tonify blood and prevent abortion.
Indications – Hot eyes, sore throat, thirst after delivery, scalds, dysentery, cough caused by dryness, threatened abortion, restlessness.
Contraindication – It is contraindicated in the case of phlegm-retained fluid and indigestion.

Beetroot – fresh nature, sweet taste, tropism – heart, liver, large intestine.
Effects: replenishes the blood, calms the heart (spirit), and moisturizes the intestines.

Carrot – Property – Sweet, neutral; lung and spleen meridians entered.
Actions – Strengthen the spleen and promote digestion.
Indications – Cough, chronic dysentery, indigestion.
Cautions – Do not take too much. It is better to take the cooked than the raw.

Pickled cucumbers – Property – Sweet, slightly cold; spleen and stomach meridians entered.
Actions – Strengthen the stomach, harmonize the spleen and stomach, promote the secretion of saliva and relieve thirst.
Indications – Diabetes, poor appetite.

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