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Gavurdağı Salad - A Tomato & Walnut Salad

Gavurdağı Salatası is a healthy tomato & walnut salad that goes perfectly with grilled meat dishes. If you love strong flavours, Gavurdağı Salad is the one for you.
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Author Turkey's For Life
Course Salad
Cuisine Turkish
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 100 grams walnuts
  • 4 tomatoes (deseeded & finely chopped )
  • 2 thin green peppers (deseeded & finely chopped)
  • 1 red onion (peeled & finely chopped)
  • 1 bunch spring onions (trimmed & finely chopped)
  • 1 clove garlic (peeled & grated)
  • ½ bunch flat leaf parsley (stems removed & leaves finely chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons pomegranate molasses
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon chilli flakes
  • 1 teaspoon sumac
  • 1 teaspoon dried mint
  • 1 lemon (juiced)

Instructions

  • Take your tomatoes, onions, peppers and parsley and add them to a shallow serving bowl and mix together.
  • Now add your chilli, sumac and mint and mix.
  • Drizzle your oil, lemon juice and pomegranate molasses (nar ekşisi) over the salad and stir everything together.
  • Now do a taste test and add more oil or nar ekşisi to taste.
  • Take roughly half of your walnuts and smash them up into and grainy pieces.
  • Break the other half into larger pieces.
  • Stir in the small pieces and use the larger pieces as a garnish on top.
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

  • As with all of our recipes, calories per serving are approximate. This recipe makes approximately 4 servings. Calories are per serving.
  • The texture of your Gavurdağı salad is down to your own personal preference. Some people like it to be more of a dip - in which case, you can add more oil, lemon or pomegranate.
  • Likewise with the walnuts. Some servings of Gavurdağı salad will just have a garnish of smashed walnuts over the top. Others will have broken up walnuts. We like a mixture of the two.
  • If you can't get pomegranate molasses (nar ekşisi), a mild vinegar such as balsamic will taste fine.
  • If you have fresh pomegranate, it's also nice to add a bit of the fruit to the salad.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 340kcal
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