Kisir
User Reviews
5
2 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
25 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
35 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Cuisine
Middle Eastern, Turkish, Vegan
Kisir
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Kisir is a bulgur-based mezze found in Turkish and Kurdish cuisines, that is similar to tabbouleh. The main ingredients are fine bulgur, parsley and tomato purée.
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Ingredients
- 3½ cups bulgur fine
- 1½ cup water boiling
- 1 onion , thinly sliced
- ½ cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon pepper paste fresh pepper paste, Turkish name 'biber salçası'
- 1 mini cucumber , diced
- 1 small bunch flat leaf parsley chopped
- 10 leaves lettuce cut into thin strips
- 1 large tomato , peeled, seeded and diced
- 5 small scallions , thinly sliced
- 2 small lemon freshly squeezed, plural
- 3 tablespoons pomegranate molasses pomegranate molasses
- salt
- ½ teaspoon pul biber (chili pepper flakes)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the fine bulgur then pour the boiling water over it, and mix with a spoon.
- Cover the bowl and let the bulgur swell, while preparing the rest of the recipe.
Sauce
- In a skillet, heat the olive oil and add the chopped onion.
- Fry over medium heat for 3 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon then add the tomato purée and the salçası biber (fresh pepper paste).
- Mix everything well, cover and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Stir the bulgur with a fork.
- Pour the sauce over the bulgur and mix so that the bulgur is well impregnated with the sauce.
- Let cool for 1 hour at room temperature.
- Add the cucumber, tomato, parsley, lettuce, and scallions to the bulgur. Also add the lemon juice and pomegranate molasses.
- Season with salt and add the chili pepper flakes.
- Serve chilled, in a large dish or in small individual portions.
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