Chilli Tomato Paste

Name: Chilli Tomato Paste (Acı domates ezmesi)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; big bunch of parsley (leaves and stalks), roughly chopped; rind of ½ lemon, finely chopped; juice of ½ lemon; 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 3 tablespoons concentrated tomato purée; 1-2 hot green chilli peppers, finely chopped

Acı domates ezmesi

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Turkish Cooking

By Ghillie Basan

Published 1995

About

This dish can he made with fresh tomatoes chopped to a pulp, or with concentrated tomato purée. Made with tomato purée, it is eaten as a snack on bread in the Anatolian villages. It also goes well with grilled meat.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons concentrated tomato purée
1 tablespoon olive oil
1

Asia
Turkey
Starter
Spicy
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Mix the tomato purée with the olive oil until smooth. Beat in the onion, garlic, chilli, lemon juice and rind and season to taste. Keep back a little parsley, and stir in the rest. Spoon the mixture on to a plate and garnish with the reserved parsley.