In turkey on holiday, i went for a meal & the salad was sprinkled with a red powder, any ideas what it may be!
Answers: Possibly paprika, it is sometimes roasted to give it a lovely smokey flavour. But it more likely sumac - sumac, a tart flavoured red spice used in salads and sprinkled over rich food to stop the cloying flavours overpowering your taste buds!
paprika?
paprika
Paprika???
If the locals were eating it, paprika. If it was just for the English tourists, brick dust.
Turkish dandruff?
saffron powder
It may have been paprika.
I have been to Turkey & not met this. What did it taste like?
Red powders are chili powder or paprika. Oh, did someone already say paprika? My bad.
either paprika or crushed red peppers
paprika, chili powder, cayanne powder
Some times I use red chili powder in salads.
It's definately paprika, have a house there and do alot of cooking. Paprika is used on salads and and other things such as hard boiled eggs and sprinkled on soup..When you visited a traditional Turkish restaurant you will often see a little bowl of paprika along side the salt and pepper.
I think it might me paprika or cayenne pepper.
sumac? this is used in iran and middle east so maybe turkey too.