Acılı Ezme — Spicy Turkish Tomato and Pepper Salad

A finely chopped, fiery tomato, pepper and onion salad with pomegranate molasses, served with kebabs.

TIME BREAKDOWN
Prep: 20 min
Total: 20 minutes
Vegetarian
✅
Nuts
❌
Serves
6 people
Difficulty
Very Easy

Ingredients

  • 4 ripe tomatoes, finely diced and drained
  • 1 small red onion, very finely chopped
  • 1 green pepper, finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • Small handful fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp Turkish red pepper paste (biber salçası)
  • 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp pul biber (Turkish chilli flakes)
  • 1 tsp sumac
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Method

  1. Finely chop the onion and rub with the sumac and a pinch of salt for 1 minute to soften.

  2. Put the tomatoes, pepper, chilli, garlic and parsley in a bowl with the onion.

  3. Mix the pepper paste, pomegranate molasses, olive oil, pul biber and salt together and fold through the salad.

  4. Leave for 15 minutes for the flavours to meld, then serve with flatbread or alongside grilled meat.