Acılı Ezme (Spicy Turkish Tomato and Pepper Salad)

red pepper flakes

🥗Healthier: smoked paprika

💰Cheaper: cayenne pepper

Smoked paprika offers a unique flavor with similar heat.

pomegranate molasses

🥗Healthier: balsamic vinegar

💰Cheaper: honey

Balsamic vinegar adds acidity and sweetness at a lower cost.

Mix 2 Tbsp of the lemon juice and all the other dressing ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside.

If you have an extra large chopping board, you can chop everything up one by one, then together. If not, use 2 boards, as I do in the video. The traditional method is to chop each ingredient individually, then chop them up altogether. Peel and finely chop the red onion and push to the side. Chop the peppers and chillies and add to the onion pile. Chop this up, mixing the 3 vegetables together and chopping. Push to the side if your chopping board is large enough, and continue with the other ingredients.

Chop up the parsley finely and add to the pile of chopped up ingredients.

Chop the tomatoes up finely, then add to everything that's already been chopped up. Continue chopping everything up for a minute, mixing it all up. When done, tip into a large salad bowl.

Pour the dressing all over and mix well to incorporate all the flavours. Taste and add more salt or sumac/lemon juice if you want it saltier and tangier. Finish off with some freshly ground black pepper. Serve immediately as suggested.

Place all the salad ingredients (except the tomatoes) in your chopper and pulse to get a small dice. Tip out into the salad bowl.

Now add the tomatoes to the chopper and dice by pulsing. Tip into the salad bowl.

Pour the dressing all over and mix well to incorporate all the flavours. Taste and add more salt or sumac/lemon juice if you want it saltier and tangier. Finish off with some freshly ground black pepper. Serve immediately as suggested.

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