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🇹🇷 Turkish Vegetarian

Zucchini Turşu

🇹🇷 Turkish

Sharp pickle brine, garlic and zucchini — turşu, the meze table's refresher. 15 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 0 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion1/2, thinly sliced
  • Garlic4 cloves
  • Lemon1, juiced
  • Olive Oil3 tbsp
  • Vinegar200 ml
  • Fresh Parsleyhandful, torn
  • Zucchini3

Instructions

  1. 1

    Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.

  2. 2

    Prepare the zucchini — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.

  3. 3

    Toss the zucchini with the onion, fresh parsley and the dressing just before serving.

  4. 4

    Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lemon if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the urfa pepper flakes in the oil before adding anything wet.

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