Kisir

Nutrition and extra info

Healthy

Vegetarian

Vegan

kcal371

fat19g

saturates3g

carbs40g

sugars9g

fibre5g

protein7g

salt0.2g

Ingredients

Method

1 tbsp olive oil

ol-iv oyl

Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It’s…

1 small, sliced red onion

2 garlic cloves, very finely chopped

2 tsp ground cumin

1 red chilli, halved, deseeded and cut into fine shreds

1 green chilli, halved, deseeded and cut into fine shreds

1¾ tbsp tomato purée

250g bulgur wheat

4 plum tomatoes, chopped

15g walnuts, roughly chopped

pomegranate seeds from ½ pomegranate (about 60g)

30g bunch flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

par-slee

One of the most ubiquitous herbs in British cookery, parsley is also popular in European and…

big handful mint leaves, torn

1 large lemon, juiced

le-mon

Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…

85ml extra virgin olive oil

1¾ tbsp pomegranate molasses

Heat the oil in a medium sized saucepan and sauté the onion to just take off the raw edge. Add the garlic and cook for another 30 secs or so. Add the cumin and chillies and cook for another 1 min. Stir in the tomato purée and 175ml boiling water. Add the bulgur, season, stir everything together, remove from the heat, cover and leave to sit for about 15 mins. The water should have been absorbed.
Fork the grains to separate and aerate them, then add the tomatoes, walnuts, pomegranate seeds and herbs and fork them through. Mix the lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil and pomegranate molasses in a small bowl. Add three quarters of this, then taste to see if it needs any more (if it seems well flavoured and moist enough, then leave it).
The kisir can sit at room temperature for a few hours, or covered in the fridge – but let it come to room temperature before serving.