Kısır Tabuli
The following delicious recipe is full of vitamins and minerals, not fattening at all if eaten by itself, and very satisfying. There is no cooking involved.
Ingredients:
- 1 Bunch of Parsley very finely chopped by hand
- 1 Bunch of Mint again finely chopped by hand
- 2 Cups of fine Bulgur wheat, soaked in 1 1/2 cups of boiling water for half an hour and let down to cool down
- 2 Tomatoes peeled and finely chopped
- 1 Bunch of green scallions, finely chopped
- Salt
- Red Pepper
- Paprika
- Black Pepper
- 1 Turkish coffee cup (about 60ml) of Olive Oil
- The juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1/2 Turkish coffee cup (about 30ml) of Concentrated Pomegranate Juice; Nar Ekşisi: The best can be bought at the olive and cheese stands in the markets- they have no sweeteners... Supermarket brand names have a lot of sugar added in them
2 TBS of chili paste; (Biber Salçası). The home-made version is again sold at the markets from the nice local ladies
Method
Mix everything, you can use your hands to mix it with. It is both therapeutic and more tasty when hands are used... Serve on lettuce leaves....
Bon Appetit