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Hot Ezme (Turkish Salad)
Hot Ezme is a finely chopped Turkish salad featuring tomatoes, green peppers, onion, parsley, and garlic combined with a tangy blend of tomato paste, pomegranate molasses, lemon, olive oil, and spices. The salad is prepared by making a seasoned sauce and carefully cutting the vegetables into a fine brunoise, resulting in a texture that holds the spicy and tart flavors well. This salad brings a refreshing yet spicy punch, ideal as a side or accompaniment to grilled meats or as part of a meze spread.
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings:
2
servings
Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
Turkish
Ingredients
- 2 tomato medium
- 2 green bell pepper medium size
- 2 garlic cloves
- ½ onion small
- ¼ parsley bunch
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- ½ lemon juice freshly squeezed
- ½ tsp sumac
- ¼ tsp dried mint
- 1 cumin pinch
- ½ tsp red chili pepper flakes
- salt to taste
Instructions
How to make Hot Ezme (Turkish Salad)
- Mix the tomato paste, freshly squeezed lemon juice, olive oil, pomegranate molasses, and spices in a small bowl, and set aside.
- Peel the tomatoes and cut them into quarters. Remove the seeds and liquid and chop then into fine brunoise.
- Cut the green peppers and onion into fine brunoise.
- Finely chop the parsley and mince the garlic.
- Mix the chopped ingredients with the tomato paste mixture in a large bowl.
- Transfer to a small serving plate.
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