Turkish Ezme Salad #turkish #turkishfood #salad

The best part of any meal has to be the salad. At least for me, it is. And a proper salad will take any plate from good to great. This Turkish Esme salad is one I’ll be making over and over again. Oh my god. Turkish chimmy cherry. That’s what I would compare this to. I would eat it with just bread like this, but I would put this on top of anything. Meat, chicken, fish, shrimp. The key to this salad is a really, really fine dice. So, either get ready to chop or go the food processor route, which I’m doing. So to do that, I’m rough chopping some yellow onion, red bell pepper, jalapeno, and aroma tomato. Drop all that into a food processor and blitz until you have a chunky mixture. Pour that into a fine mesh strainer and squeeze a decent amount of the water. Place it in a bowl and mix with minced garlic, fresh parsley, tomato paste, black pepper, salt, sumac, and Aleppo pepper. Dress with a good amount of lemon juice and olive oil. Serve with bread or alongside whatever you’re eating and enjoy. [Music]