Томат, қияр және фетадан жасалған грек салаты

Salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, and feta

Greek salad or horiatiki salad (χωριάτικη σαλάτα or θερινή σαλάτα) is a popular salad in Greek cuisine generally made with pieces of tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, feta cheese (usually served as a slice on top of the other ingredients), and olives (typically Kalamata olives) and dressed with salt, Greek oregano, lemon juice and olive oil. Common additions include green bell pepper slices or caper berries (especially on the Dodecanese islands). Greek salad is often imagined as a farmer's breakfast or lunch, as its ingredients resemble those that a Greek farmer might have on hand.

Outside Greece, "Greek salad" may be a lettuce salad with Greek inspired ingredients, even though the original dish is distinguished by the absence of lettuce. Meanwhile, the variant without lettuce may be called horiatiki, 'peasant salad', or 'village salad'. However in most European countries, including the UK, the dish broadly resembles the original, albeit often with non Greek substitutions such as another cheese since feta cheese enjoys protected designation of origin status. In an American style Greek salad, lettuce, tomatoes, feta (often served in multiple cube shaped cuttings mixed with the vegetables), and olives are the most standard elements, but cucumbers, peperoncini (pickled hot peppers), bell peppers, onions, radishes, dolmades, and anchovies/sardines are common. Regional variants may include unusual components, e. g. in Detroit, beets, and in the Tampa Bay Area, potato salad. Dressings containing various herbs and seasonings are frequently used in the U. S. These styles of Greek salad are rarely encountered in Greece. Various other salads have also been called "Greek" in the English language in the last century, including some with no apparent connection to Greek cuisine. A 1925 Australian newspaper described a Greek salad of boiled squash dressed with sour milk; a 1934 American newspaper described a mayonnaise dressed lettuce salad with shredded cabbage and carrots.