Kısır
 A plate of kısır decorated with green olives and cucumber pieces |
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| Place of origin | Turkey |
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| Course | Side dish, salad, meze |
| Main ingredient(s) | Finely ground bulgur, parsley, tomato paste |
Kısır or qisir is a traditional side dish in Turkish, Kurdish, and Assyrian cuisines. The main ingredients are finely ground bulgur, parsley, and tomato paste. Common additional ingredients include onion, garlic (in some regions), sour pomegranate molasses (in southern regions of Turkey) or lemon, lettuce leaves, cucumber, and a lot of spices. It has a reddish color due to tomato paste admixture. It can be eaten cold and used as a salad or meze.
References
- Ghillie Basan; Jonathan Basan (1995). Classic Turkish Cookery. I.B. Tauris Publishers. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-86064-011-7. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
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