Kisir (Turkish bulgur salad)
Kisir (Turkish bulgur salad)

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, kisir (turkish bulgur salad). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

We will be making a light but delicious salad today. Kisir is a popular Turkish salad of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, spring onions, loads of fresh herbs, nuts and a hint of chili. Kisir is one of these dishes that tastes even better the day after so it's great for making a big batch in advance and bringing it into work the next day.

Kisir (Turkish bulgur salad) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Kisir (Turkish bulgur salad) is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook kisir (turkish bulgur salad) using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Kisir (Turkish bulgur salad):
  1. Prepare 1 cup fine bulgur
  2. Take 2/3 cup hot water
  3. Take 1 bunch spring onions
  4. Take 1/4 cucumber (optional)
  5. Make ready 10 branches parsley
  6. Make ready 10 branches mint
  7. Prepare Lettuce
  8. Take 1 table spoon mild chilli paste
  9. Prepare 1 table spoon tomato paste
  10. Take 4 table spoon extra virgin olive oil
  11. Take 2 table spoon pomegranate sour
  12. Make ready 1 lemon
  13. Make ready Ground black pepper
  14. Take Ground cumin
  15. Get Salt

This Turkish Bulgur Salad (Kisir) is one of our all-time favorite family recipes in summer! It's such a quick and easy make-ahead meal prep recipe Enjoy your Turkish bulgur salad immediately or cover and refrigerate overnight so the flavors can unfold. This is not a traditional Turkish Kisir, but the best I can do with the ingredients available in local stores. Turkish Bulgur Salad is refreshing, spicy, tangy and loaded with herbs.

Steps to make Kisir (Turkish bulgur salad):
  1. Here are all the ingredients.
  2. Put the bulgur into a large bowl. Add the hot water and stir. The water should wet all the bulgur and a little bit of water should be left at the bottom; that's the right amount ;).
  3. Wait for 10min for bulgur to get cooked.
  4. Add chilli and tomato paste. Stir well until all the bulgur is reddish/orange colour.
  5. Finely chop all the greens, add them and stir.
  6. Add juice of 1 lemon, 2 table spoon of pomegranate sour, 4-5 table spoon of extra virgin olive oil.
  7. Add a pinch of cumin (not much), a pinch of ground black pepper and depending on how salty the pastes are, a pinch of salt. And mix everything well. Kisir is ready!
  8. I enjoy eating this salad along with lettuce. In some variations lettuce is finely chopped into the salad too. You can try both! Enjoy! ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜‰ "Afiyet olsun!"

It's the perfect salad to make in spring. You can't stop once you start eating this salad. Bulgur Salad, which is called Kisir in Turkish, is the favourite food of all Turkish people, but especially women. Kฤฑsฤฑr is one of our favourite Turkish recipes - an absolutely perfect bulgur wheat meze dish if you have a few friends coming round. Question: When is tabbouleh not tabbouleh?

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