Tel Aviv Tomato Relish

Name: Tel Aviv Tomato Relish
Yield: Makes About 3 Cups
Cuisine: Israel
Ingredients: 3 luscious, red ripe tomatoes, cut into ¼-inch dice, with their juices; 3 luscious, red ripe tomatoes, cut into ¼-inch dice, with their juices; 1 small red onion, cut into ¼-inch dice; 1 to 4 hot peppers of your choice, seeded and cut into ¼-inch dice (for a hotter relish, leave the seeds in); ¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley (optional); ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil; 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, or more to taste; Coarse salt (kosher or sea); Coarse salt (kosher or sea); Coarse salt (kosher or sea)

Preparation info

Makes About
3 Cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Planet Barbecue

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2010

About

This is representative of the many tomato relishes served with Mediterranean grilling. There are lots of options for peppers, from a mildly hot horn pepper, popular throughout the Middle East, to jalapeño or serrano peppers.

Ingredients

3 luscious, red ripe tomatoes, cut into ¼-inch dice, with their juices
1 small red onion, cut into ¼-inch dice
1 to 4

Asia
Israel
Side dish
Sauce
Mediterranean
Raw
Vegan
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Combine the tomatoes, onion, hot pepper(s), parsley, olive oil, and lemon juice in a nonreactive mixing bowl and stir to mix. Taste for seasoning, adding salt to taste and/or more lemon juice as necessary; the relish should be highly seasoned.