Salads
Çoban salatası (Turkish shepherd’s salad)
Finely diced tomato, cucumber, pepper and onion with parsley, lemon and sumac. The everyday salad of Turkey.
- 15 min15 prep · 0 cook
- EasyDifficulty
- 170 kcalper serving
Ingredients
4 servings
- Ripe tomatoes4
- Cucumbers2
- Long green peppers2
- Red onion1
- Flat-leaf parsley, chopped1 cup
- Lemon1
- Olive oil4 tbsp
- Sumac1 tsp
- Saltto taste
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Steps
- 1
Slice the onion thinly, rub it with a pinch of salt and the sumac and set aside.
- 2
Dice the tomatoes, peeled cucumbers and peppers into small, even cubes.
- 3
Put everything in a bowl with the parsley.
- 4
Dress with the lemon juice, oil and salt and toss well.
- 5
Serve straight away, with bread to mop up the juices.
Tips and questions
- What can I use instead of sumac?
- A little lemon zest gives a similar tang, with a pinch of sweet paprika for colour.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Dice the vegetables ahead, but dress and salt it right before serving; once dressed it gets watery within an hour.
- What do I serve it with?
- It is the classic side for kebabs, köfte and grilled meat or fish, with flatbread to soak up the juices.
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