Side dishes
Çoban Salatasý (Shepherd’s Salad)
Ingredients
- 3 tomatoes
- 8 cm. (approx. 3") length cucumber
- ½ red onion
- ½ or 1 chilli pepper, finely chopped
- Parsley, chopped
- Salt
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- The shepherd would pick his ingredients fresh from the fields, chop them, mix them together and eat it with his freshly baked bread from the morning.
Method
1
Cut the tomatoes and cucumber into tiny pieces and put into bowl.
2
Slice the red onion in two, widthways, and then slice into thin half-moon shapes. Add to the bowl.
3
Next add the finely chopped chilli pepper and parsley.
4
Season with the salt.
5
Drizzle over the olive oil and lemon juice, mix well and serve.