Purslane with Pomegranate Syrup

(Pirpirim Ekşisi - South East Anatolia Region)

Purslane*, washed, drained
1 small cucumber, cut in half-moon slices
1 tomato, peeled, chopped
1 cubanelle pepper, chopped
1 long red sweet pepper, chopped
8-10 slices of white onion

Dressing:
4-5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2-3 tbsp pomegranate syrup/paste or 1 tbsp sumac or lemon juice
1 garlic clove, mashed with salt
Salt
Paprika

Whisk the dressing ingredients and toss with the salad ingredients. Serve immediately.

*Purslane is one of my favorite vegetables and not well known in Canada. The plant has thick, small, round shaped moist leaves. The stems are especially juicy and delicious. It grows like a weed everywhere. I used to have them in my backyard, but they were smaller than they should be. Recently a friend of mine told me that she found something that looks like Purslane at Loblaws and Longo’s in Toronto with the name of Rosettes:) They smell like roses when you chew it:)