Piyaz (Navy Bean Salad)
Ingredients:
½ red onion thinly sliced
2 teaspoon ground sumac
½ teaspoon Aleppo chile flakes
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
3 cups medium tomatoes quartered
1 cup flat leaf parsley roughly chopped
1 lemon
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
15 oz cooked white beans drained
Instructions:
Transfer red onion slices to a medium bowl and toss with the sumac, chile flakes, salt and pepper. Massage the spices into the onion with your hands to soften and set aside.
Squeeze the seeds from the quartered tomatoes and roughly chop. Add them to bowl with onions along with the parsley, lemon juice, olive oil and beans tossing to combine with spoon.
Serve with grilled meats, lahmuchan or sprinkled with crumbled feta cheese as a side salad.