Kisir, the vegan dish of your dreams. Seasoned with pomegranate molasses and pepper paste, it’s a Turkish Tangy bulgur and herb salad that can convert any salad hater into a lover. It’s perfect for hot summer days and is super quick to prepare.
For 4-6 Large servings:
250g (1.25 cup) Bulgur
200g (7oz) Parsley
8-10 Sprigs of mint
8-10 Spring onions
120ml (1/2 cup) Olive Oil
80 – 120ml (1/3 – 1/2 cup) pomegranate molasses
1.5 Tbsp Tomato Paste
1.5 Tbsp Hot Red Pepper Paste (Acı Biber Salçası)
1 Tsp Aleppo Chilli flakes (Pul Biber)
1 Tsp Cumin
1 Tsp Salt
1/2 Tsp Black Pepper
Directions:
Add bulgur to a large bowl
Mix 2 cups (470ml) of water, 1 room temperature and 1 boiling, then pour onto the bulgur and let sit for 15 minutes
Finely mince your parsley into small pieces
Remove your mint from the stalks and mince into pieces a little larger than the parsley
Slice your spring onions into circles, slice the green part twice as thick as the white part
Once bulgur has cooked, place in a tray, then add tomato paste, pepper paste, salt, pepper, cumin, aleppo chilli and the olive oil
Using your hands knead the bulgur and other ingredients together for 5 minutes until well combined and a single uniform colour
Add chopped vegetables to the bulgur and knead once more until evenly combined
Add 80ml (1/3 cup) pomegranate molasses to the bulgur and mix to combine
Taste bulgur for seasoning and tartness and add more pomegranate molasses or lemon if required
To plate, line a serving platter with lettuce leaves
Crumble the bulgur on top of the lettuce allowing it to form natural clumps
Garnish with some more chopped spring onion and some mint ribbons
Serve and Enjoy
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00:00 Intro
00:56 Preparing Bulgur
01:50 Vegetable Prep
03:32 Seasoning the Bulgur
05:10 Final Assembly of salad
06:17 Serving and presentation
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33 Comments
YAMY
Tried it and loved it! Thanks chef OB
I bet that is a mouth full of flavor. Can't wait to try this.
One of my favorite salads. I've never made it at home though so can't wait to try this version. Also had no idea its so easy to cook bulgur!
Looks amazing! I love videos like this which teach me something new! Keep being creative!
Came from reddit. I love your content dude! Good luck, I subscribed
Hopefully trying this tomorrow. Would you recommend making seconds for later consumption or should I only make the amount I'm eating that day?
Bro this is not a kisir. You put a lots of oil man
I like your videos and it´s great that you have a playlist with vegan dishes. Thanks 🙂
Made this again today amazing. So refreshing.
devine!
nice recipe…. glad to see you like Refika.. she is fun to watch, as you are too..spent lots of times in Turkey during the past 20 years.
Thought it was a baked dish at first. Could be because of the texture, or the usage of a baking pan.
Had this with some food from a Turkish restaurant and have been trying to figure out the spice combination. Thanks for this dude! Look forward to trying the recipe!
One of my childhood favorites 😍 I can't believe the recipes you are digging up, only someone with a true middle-eastern background would know of these dishes. Also truly happy to get them documented, that's one reason these recipes die
Looks amazing 👌🏻
This looks delicious. I’m in the US, and the bulgur available in stores looks much different than the type used here. The texture in the video looks kind of like couscous I’ve cooked in the past.
I’d love to try this, but not sure it will work with the coarser type of bulgur available here.
Yum! Please make a video of bulgur pliav
iam confused… is this bulgur or couscous? kinda looks more like couscous imo
10/10, one of my new favorit salads! ty for the recipe
great recipe. I made it and its great. I've made this more times than I can count now. It fills me up but some other family wanted it to be more substantial. They added Gyro meat to the top of the lettuce filled with this stuff. I tried it and its amazing with the gyro as well. Do they add gyro sometimes in the regions of the world where they eat this?
Looks fantastic!
So excited to try this! I had this at a restaurant once and was blown away 🙂
yum. I just want to reach into the screen and have some 🙂
One of my favorites. I also add dill to the herbs. My Turkish neighbour did that too.
Well, I'm definitely subscribing to anyone that uses the term "tang gang". You're definitely my kind of foodie.
very much like çiğ köfte, no ?
Fun fact: Kisir means `infertile` in Turkish. I have no idea why.
I love kisir! It's the best dish in the summer. I tend to make a large batch and eat it for lunch for the week. Filling and flavorful! I will admit to occasionally adding crumbled feta if I want a bit more protein. Maybe not traditional, but tasty!
Hi there. What is a good brand of pomegranate molasses? Thank you.
Tang Gang!! Yes! I love your videos. I seriously won't stop until I watch them all!
İn Turkey we also add sumac sometimes
Can’t wait to try this….looks amazing…I just know it’s gonna be super delicious