How to make Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır) Salad?

Turkish Style Tabbouleh

    Turkish Tabbouleh Salad (Kısır) Recipe

 

         As we always said that Mediterranean Cuisine is a very rich, very unique and healthy cuisine among the cuisines of the world. Also, vegetable dominant foods of the mediterranean cuisine offers a very healthy life for everyone. Like Mediterranean cuisine, Anatolian Cuisine (Turkish Cuisine) also offers a very healthy life for everyone too. You may like our How-to-make-best-potato-salad-recipe

       Salad recipes or side dish (meze) recipes are very important in the Mediterranean cuisine. There are so many different salads in the Mediterranean cuisine. Maybe one of the most famous one is Tabbouleh salad (Tabbouleh salad recipe). You can find this salad throughout the Mediterranean region. Furthermore, In Turkey,  this salad (Turkish style tabbouleh) is consumed very much. You may like our Turkish-shepherd-salad-recipe

     

     In this post, we are going to share our very special and fantastic salad. We think that this salad recipe very unique among the healthy salad recipes. It is Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır) Salad. In Turkish, we call it "Kısır". We consume it all around the year. But, we generally prepare this salad in hot summer days more than the other times. It is a very good salad among the salads menu. Plus, it is 100% vegetarian and it is really very herby salad. We are sure that; you love  this very delicious salad. We are sure that; you love the combination of flavours. And, you should add this salad recipe for your salad recipes for dinner. You may like our Mixed-cabbage-slaw-recipe

Best Tabbouleh Recipe

  What is Turkish Tabbouleh Salad (Kısır)?

 Actually our Turkish style tabbouleh (Kısır) Salad is consumed very much through out the Mediterranean region. According to culinary experts; Kısır is the Turkish or a different version of a Mediterranean/Arabic salad/dish called Tabbouleh. Although there are many differences between these two dishes or salads, the main difference is that the Turkish Tabbouleh has tomato and pepper paste. You may like our keto diet salad Purslane-salad-with-yogurt-recipe

     Like many other Turkish meals, the recipe for Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır) varies from region to region in Anatolia (Turkey). Forexample; in Adana city, they use more water than anywhere else, when they prepare this salad. And, in Hatay city, they don't use water at all, when they prepare this salad; they knead bulgur with tomato and pepper paste until it gets soft. However it is made, Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır) is made everywhere in Turkey and is loved very much. You may like our Turkish-navy-bean-salad-piyaz-recipe

        As we mentioned earlier posts of the this blog; afternoon tea parties are very popular among the Turkish women. Especially, this unique salad is served mostly with the afternoon tea parties. Also it is served as a side dish (meze) with meat dishes, and it is sometimes as a great summer dish you can enjoy when it is boiling hot outside. You may like our Steak-and-potatoes-one-pot-recipe

   How to Make Turkish Tabbouleh Salad (Kısır)?

         Turkish Tabbouleh Salad (Kısır) is really very unique salad or side dish (meze), even you can eat it as a perfect summer dish (Best tabbouleh recipe). But, in fact, we consume this salad throughout the year. Turkish Tabbouleh salad (Kısır) combines cracked wheat (bulgur), fresh vegetables and herbs, a lemony dressing, all packed with alittle heat from the spicy pepper paste and tomato paste. Also you can add many spices for this dish. Bye the way, fresh parsley is the most essential component for the any type of Tabbouleh. So, you should use parsley for this salad. This nutrient dense and tasty salad makes this a perfect side dish (meze) for any occasion. You may like our Oven-baked-lamb-chops-recipe and Traditional-turkish-ayran-beverage

Ingredients of Tabbouleh

Place cracked wheat / bulgur in water for 25-30 minutes

Tabbouleh tarifi

Saute the onions with tomato and pepper paste

Preparation of Tabbouleh salad 

Preparation of salata tabbouleh

How to make tabbouleh

Tabbouleh tarifi

Parsley is a important compenent ingredient for the tabbouleh

Tabbouleh should be a little bit sour

         Recipe of Turkish Tabbouleh Salad (Kısır)

         As we mentioned above of the post; the recipe for Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır) varies from region to region in Anatolia (Turkey). Sometimes, its recipe varies from friend to friend too. For example: some of our friends add finely sliced or minced garlic to their Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır) and they also use pomegranate syrup for sourness. It is optional, but if you want, you can use both of them. So far we have not used finely sliced or minced garlic to Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır). But we always use pomegranate syrup for sourness. Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır) should be a little bit sour. Bye the way, some of our friends don't add tomatoes to Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır), because they think that tomatoes make it mushy. But, we don't agree with them and we always add tomatoes to our Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır). Plus, Unlike our friends, we generally sauté the onions with tomato or pepper paste and dried mint flakes in olive oil. You may like our Turkish-shish-kabab-recipe-kuzu-sish-recipe

         Here it is our Turkish Tabbouleh Salad (Kısır) recipe / tabbouleh tarifi;

         Serve: 4 servings, Preparation Time: 15 - 20 minutes, Cooking Time: NO cooking time (just need to sauted onions), Cuisine: Mediterranean/Anatolian Cuisine, 

         Very good family favourite;

         Ingredients:

       - 2 Cups of cracked wheat/bulgur, (Nearly 300-400gr), (soaked in water for about 25-30 minutes),

        - 1 Cup of hot water, 

        - 1 Tablespoon tomato paste,

        - 1 Tablespoon pepper paste, (if you can not find pepper paste, you can add 2 Tablespoons tomato paste),

         - 1/2 Glass of olive oil,

   - 1 Tablespoon pomegranate syrup / molasses, 

        - 1/2 Bunch green onions, finely chopped,

        - 1 Normal size onion, cut into half rounds, 

        - 1 Bunch of parsley, finely chopped,

        - 1 or 2 Cucumbers, finely chopped,

        - 2 Sweet green peppers, finely chopped, 

        - Juice of 1 or 2 lemon (you have to taste and add less or more lemon juice. If you want more lemon juice, you can add more),

        - 1 or 2 Teaspoon Red pepper flakes, (optional), 

        - 1 or 2 Teaspoon Ground black pepper, (optional), 

       - 1 Teaspoon Cumin, (optional),

       - 2 Teaspoons Sumac, (optional), 

       - 1 or 1,5 Teaspoons Dried mint flakes or 1 Tablespoon fresh mint, finely chopped, 

     - 1 Normal size Tomatoes, cut into very small size cubes (tiny cubes),

         Preparation: 

1. First of all, put your all ingredients on your work surface. And, take your cracked wheat (Bulgur) and place it in a pot and cover with hot water. Leave it in the hot water for about 25-30 minutes. 
2. Secondly, take your onion and cut into onion half first, then cut into very thin half moon shapes. Then, put 1 or 2 Tablespoons olive oil in an another pot and sauté the onions with tomato and pepper paste and dried mint flakes, ground black peppers, red flakes peppers, sumac and cumin in olive oil at medium heat until they are translucent. 
3. Then, put mixture of sauted onion in a big bowl. Then, add cracked wheat (bulgur) and 1 teaspoon salt into this mixture and mix well.
4.  Then, add rest of the olive oil, lemon juice and pomegranate syrup into salad mixture. Mix all of them very well. If you want, you can add garlic at this stage. 
5. At this point taste to see if your salad needs more lemon juice. Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır) should be a little bit sour. If you want, you can add extra lemon juice. Then, add tomatoes cubes, green onions, cucumber, and parsley and mix them well.
6. Serve it at room temparature. Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır) goes well with meat dishes. Forexample; next Sunday dinner, We are thinking of to make this delicious salad to go with grilled lamb chop. It will be a great combo. 

         ENJOY!

Turkish Ayran drink and Tabbouleh salad go well with oven baked lamb chops

Turkish style tabbouleh 

    Please let us know how this "Turkish Tabbouleh Salad (Kısır) Recipe" turns out for you in the comments. We are always so eager to hear from you.

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