🇹🇷 Turkish Vegetarian

Lentils Turşu

Name: Lentils Turşu
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Onion; 4 cloves Garlic; 1, juiced Lemon; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 200 ml Vinegar; handful, torn Fresh Parsley; 250 g Lentils

🇹🇷 Turkish

Sharp pickle brine, garlic and lentils — turşu, the meze table's refresher. About 23 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 8 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1/2, thinly sliced
Garlic4 cloves
Lemon1, juiced
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Vinegar200 ml
Fresh Parsleyhandful, torn
Lentils250 g

Instructions

1
Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the lentils — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the lentils with the onion, fresh parsley and the dressing just before serving.
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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Watch how it's made

Video: Turkish Lentil Vegetarian Meatballs | In The Kitchen with World Wide Campus · on YouTube