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

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, kisir (turkish bulgur salad). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Kısır salad is by far one of the most popular dishes in Turkish cuisine. Every home cook makes a variation of kısır, and you'll also find it in many You'll recognize kısır as soon as you see it. The pepper paste gives the bulgur a lovely orange hue, and the mixed vegetables and fresh herbs add.

Kisir (Turkish bulgur salad) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Kisir (Turkish bulgur salad) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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. Get 2/3 cup hot water
  3. Make ready 1 bunch spring onions
  4. Make ready 1/4 cucumber (optional)
  5. Make ready 10 branches parsley
  6. Take 10 branches mint
  7. Make ready Lettuce
  8. Make ready 1 table spoon mild chilli paste
  9. Get 1 table spoon tomato paste
  10. Take 4 table spoon extra virgin olive oil
  11. Take 2 table spoon pomegranate sour
  12. Take 1 lemon
  13. Take Ground black pepper
  14. Take Ground cumin
  15. Take Salt

Remember, the longer kisir stays in the fridge, the. I first had kisir in a Turkish restaurant in London a number of years ago. Turkish bulgur salad, also known as kisir is a popular Turkish salad recipe made mainly with bulgur. It's popular all around Turkey and you can find it in every Turkish household.

Instructions 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! 😋😉 "Afiyet olsun!"

Like many other traditional recipes, families have their own specific kisir recipe that would probably be different. Kısır 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? Answer: When it is a Turkish dish made with slightly different ingredients and called kısır. Turkish Bulgur Salad is refreshing, spicy, tangy and loaded with herbs.

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