Recipe
Kısır
A zesty Turkish salad of fine bulgur kneaded with tomato and pepper paste, sharpened with pomegranate molasses and lemon, and packed with herbs. No cooking needed — just a soak.
- Preparation
- 25 minutes
- Cooking
- 0 minutes
- Total time
- 25 minutes
- Servings
- 4
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 391 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbohydrates
- 56 g
- Fat
- 16 g
Ingredients
- Fine bulgur250 g
- Hot water300 ml
- Tomato paste2 žlica
- Ajvar (or Turkish pepper paste)2 žlica
- Pomegranate molasses2 žlica
- Olive oil4 žlica
- Lemon (juice)1 kom
- Spring onions3 kom
- Fresh parsley30 g
- Dried mint1 žličica
- Ground cumin1 žličica
- Pul biber (Turkish chili flakes)1 žličica
- Saltpo ukusu
Instructions
- 1
Put the fine bulgur in a wide bowl and pour the hot water evenly over it. Cover the bowl.
- 2
Leave it to soak and swell for 15 minutes, then uncover and fluff with a fork.
- 3
While the bulgur is still warm, knead in the tomato paste, ajvar, pomegranate molasses and olive oil until every grain is coated red.
- 4
Season with cumin, dried mint, pul biber and salt.
- 5
Fold in the chopped parsley, sliced spring onions and the lemon juice.
- 6
Taste — it should be tangy, gently hot and well seasoned. Serve at room temperature, ideally scooped into lettuce leaves.
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