Grilled Peppers with Yogurt

Name: Grilled Peppers with Yogurt (Kızarmış biber)
Yield: Serves 2-3
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; 12 çarliston peppers, or 2 sweet bell peppers; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 3-4 cloves garlic, crushed with salt; 4 tablespoons thick creamy yogurt

Kızarmış biber

Preparation info

Serves
2-3

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Turkish Cooking

By Ghillie Basan

Published 1995

About

If you can, use the long, perfumed and slightly piquant pale-green çarliston peppers for this dish.

It also works well with the sweeter bell peppers, cut into halves or quarters.

Ingredients

12 çarliston peppers, or 2 sweet bell peppers
4 tablespoons thick creamy yogurt

Asia
Turkey
Starter
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Grill the peppers until soft and buckled. Mix the yogurt with the lemon juice and garlic. Season to taste and spoon the cool yogurt mixture over the warm peppers. Fat while still warm.