Name: Coban Salatasi
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 4 ripe tomatoes, about 400 g, finely diced; 2 small cucumbers, about 250 g, finely diced; 1 small red onion, about 80 g, finely diced; 1 green pepper, about 120 g, finely diced; 20 g fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped; 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tsp sumac; ½ tsp salt

Coban Salatasi

Finely chopped tomato, cucumber, onion, green pepper and parsley dressed with olive oil, lemon and sumac, the everyday salad of Turkey.

15 min total Serves 4 servings Easy

The Idea Behind Coban Salatasi

Chop everything the same size, and chop it small: that is the one rule. A shepherd salad is a diced salad, with tomato, cucumber, onion and pepper all cut into pieces about the size of a pea, so that every forkful has all the flavours.

Use ripe tomatoes in the summer, firm cucumbers (the small, thin-skinned ones need no peeling) and a mild onion. Soak the diced onion in cold water for 5 minutes to take off its sharpness, then drain and pat dry. Salt the salad only at the last moment. Salt draws out the juice and turns it to soup within minutes.

The dressing is just good olive oil, lemon juice, a pinch of salt and a good dusting of sumac, the dark red, lemony spice that is the mark of the Turkish table. Pomegranate molasses makes a good alternative. Add a handful of chopped flat-leaf parsley and mint.

Mix gently and serve right away, with bread to mop up the juices that collect at the bottom of the bowl.

Making Coban Salatasi

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Soak the onion in cold water for 5 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
Put the tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, pepper and parsley in a bowl.
Whisk the oil, lemon juice, sumac and salt together, pour over the salad and toss gently.
Serve at once.

Notes for Getting It Right

Cut all the vegetables the same size.
Season just before serving.
Add chopped mint for a fresher flavour.

Serving Suggestions

Grilled meat
Flatbread
Kebabs
Hummus

Storing & Reheating Coban Salatasi

Best eaten at once. Keeps in the fridge for 1 day, though it becomes watery.

Coban Salatasi Nutrition

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.

151Calories

2gProtein

11gCarbs

11gFat

3gFibre

6gSugar

300mgSodium

Vegetarian Vegan Dairy-Free Gluten-Free Low-Carb Keto No Added Sugar

Coban Salatasi

Making Coban Salatasi

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Serving Suggestions

Storing & Reheating Coban Salatasi

Coban Salatasi Nutrition

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Making Coban Salatasi

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