Mango, cucumber, and sumac-onion Israeli salad from Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking (page 89) by Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook

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Notes about this recipe

als102 on April 15, 2026

For me this has way too much oil - next time I would cut it back by a lot or omit it entirely. Super great flavor!!
dana_l78snr on March 27, 2026

One of my favorite salads to make. I always get asked for the recipe after serving it to friends.
chezmaryb on December 13, 2020

Fantastic. Better than the classic Israeli salad
klrclark on October 04, 2020

This is very bright tasting. My mangoes were very ripe but I think it needed more cucumber. I would love to serve with pork loin.
hirsheys on June 03, 2018

This is easy, lovely to look at, and very yummy! For me, the combo of sumac-onions and mint was really bright and fresh tasting (and I don't even always love mint!) and it went beautifully with the cucumbers and mango. My mango was extremely ripe, so it didn't cube up well. Still worked fine, though. My one complaint is that the amounts were a bit off - the recipe calls for 1 cucumber and 2 mangos, each of which are supposed to equal 3 cups. I found that 1 (relatively large English) cucumber and 2 regular sized mangos actually equaled only 1 1/2 c each. Since I had planned to make a half recipe, it worked out fine, but I can imagine being annoyed if I had thought 1 cucumber was going to feed more...