Community Pick
Turkish Salad
"This delicious fresh vegetable salad is found on dining tables throughout Turkey and served prior to the main course."
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups diced tomatoes
- 1 cup diced green bell pepper
- 1 cup diced peeled cucumber
- 1⁄2 cup minced fresh parsley
- 1⁄3 cup green onion
- 1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
directions
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.
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Reviews
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The most refreshing salad you'll ever make. It's basically summer in a bowl and you'll want it with everything. I absolutely love it. Served with hummus, basmati rice and some grilled chicken. Simple and so good! -
I tried this two ways. With and without bell pepper (i used red) we preferred it without which I would give five stars to. We like to mix this into our rice dishes. I use English cucumber, flat leaf parsley, cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, sea salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste, plus the rest of the ingredients. Maybe I will try it again with green pepper or we will have it without the bell pepper at all. Made for "I've saved all these recipes!" March Diabetic Tag. -
This was a very refreshing delicious salad. The only thing I did different was to make it with orange bell peppers and not green (preference only). Also I cut the salad in half because we were only 2. The flavour was sooo good... and bonus because it was so fast to put together. Made it in the morning and brought it to work for lunch. Thanks so much for sharing Geema, will definitely be making this again. Yummy stuff. -
This was quite good made from winter produce. But I just know that this will be AMAZING with fresh summer produce out of our garden. It would be wonderful with any kind of meat and my husband wants to try it on top of a burger. Thanks Geema!
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This is called a shepherd salad in Turkey (tr: çoban salatasi), but without ground pepper.
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Tweaks
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This recipe is great. The only change I made was to use grape tomatoes instead of large tomatoes. I have loads of digestive issues, including food allergies, so its tough to find recipes that are quick, easy and clean (all natural). Thank you for posting this recipe.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Geema
Naples, 87
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