Armenian Cuisine - Salads

Salads

Some Armenian salads combine a grain or legume with tomato, onions, fresh herbs, and mayonnaise.

• Eetch -- cracked wheat salad, similar to the Middle Eastern tabouleh.
• Lentil salad—brown lentils, tomatoes, onions, in a dressing of lemon juice, olive oil, and chopped parsley. This salad has many variations, with the lentils being replaced by chick peas, black-eyed peas, chopped raw or roasted eggplant, etc.
• Jajukh—there are several varieties of this salad, which resembles a dip or cold soup. The cucumber jajukh is made with diced cucumbers in a yogurt/garlic sauce. The Swiss chard version is made with blanched, chopped chard in a thick "sauce" of drained yogurt and garlic. This salad is traditionally served on Easter Eve. The Lenten version of this (called "ajem jajukh") substitutes tahini, lemon juice, and little tomato sauce for the drained yogurt.