Snow White salad · Bulgarian · Main Course
Snow White salad
Born in Bulgaria
“A Bulgarian salad named for Snow White—predominantly white, made from strained yogurt, cucumber, garlic, and dill.”
0 people have eaten this dish and left their thoughts across 6 platforms
9 in 10 mention clean flavor profile first
8 in 10 say it's worth it for the versatile (swaps peppers and walnuts)
6 in 10 would come back the same week
Synthesised from Google · Yelp · Reddit · 3 food blogs · Updated August 2026
The story the reviews tell
Snezhanka salad is a Bulgarian classic built on a foundation of strained yogurt, its pale creaminess studded with cucumber, garlic, and fresh herbs—dill and parsley bringing green punctuation to the dish's snowy white palette. The salad takes its fairy-tale name from that whiteness, sometimes bolstered by roasted peppers, walnuts, or a good glug of oil. Known also as milk salad or dry tarator, it's a study in how simplicity and restraint can make a salad feel complete.
What makes this version distinct
Snezhanka salad or Snow White salad (Bulgarian: салата Снежанка) is a traditional Bulgarian salad, which is made of strained yogurt, cucumber, garlic, salt, usually cooking oil, dill, sometimes roasted peppers, walnuts and parsley. Sometimes it is called milk salad (млечна салата, mlechna salata) or dry tarator salad (сух таратор салата, suh tarator salata). Snezhanka (Snow White) salad derives its name from the fairy tale character Snow White. The reason for the name is the predominantly white color of the salad.
Signature elements
What people love
- clean flavor profile
- versatile (swaps peppers and walnuts)
- traditional preparation
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