Turkish Pasta Salad - Makarna Salatasi
An easy cold pasta salad with vegetables, pickles, fresh dill and a yogurt&mayo dressing.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 pound elbow macaroni
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup carrots (diced)
- ½ cup potatoes (diced)
- ½ cup frozen peas
- ½ cup fresh dill (chopped)
- ¼ cup dill pickles (chopped)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup greek yogurt (thinned with water (see the note below))
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- 1
Cook elbow macaroni according to package instructions. Drain and rinse immediately under cold water. Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil over it and stir gently so that they don’t stick one another when you are preparing the other ingredients.
- 2
Meanwhile, bring a small pot of water to boil and cook diced carrots and potatoes for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add in the frozen peas in the last 2 minutes. Rinse immediately under cold water and drain.
- 3
In a large bowl, put cooked macaroni and cooked vegetables, chopped fresh dill and dill pickles. Drizzle over 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add in salt, mayonnaise and yogurt. Toss until well combined.