Gavurdagi Salad Variation with watercress, pomegranates, walnuts
Named after the Gavur mountain, part of Tarsus mountains in Southeast part of Turkey, this delicious salad originates from the Gaziantep region, where many wonderfully delicious and spicy Turkish dishes come from. This time, I made a variation of this wonderful salad and I added watercress walnuts and pomegranate seeds for extra freshness and texture, worked really well. You can enjoy this delicious and easy salad as a starter or accompaniment to grills, kebabs like my home made Iskender Kebab and casseroles.
Author: Ozlem Warren
Recipe type: Healthy Salads
Cuisine: Turkish Cuisine
Serves: 3
Ingredients
3 medium tomatoes, finely chopped
200 gr watercress
¼ onion, finely chopped
Handful of flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
50gr/2oz/1/3 cup walnuts, crushed – about pea size each –
15ml/1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
30ml/2 tbsp pomegranate molasses
5ml/1 tsp red pepper flakes
5ml/1 tsp sumac – optional-
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
⅓ pomegranate seeds to serve
Instructions
In a large bowl, rub the chopped onions with the spices and seasoning; salt, sumac, red pepper flakes and ground black pepper – that will soften the onion and enable the spices to blend in well.
Add the tomatoes, parsley and walnuts to the onions.
Then stir in the pomegranate molasses and the extra virgin olive oil and give them a good (but gentle) mix.
Stir in the watercress and combine well.
Sprinkle pomegranate seeds over the salad and serve.
Afiyet olsun.
Recipe by Ozlem's Turkish Table at http://ozlemsturkishtable.com/2016/12/gavurdagi-salad-variation-with-watercress-pomegranates-walnuts/