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Bulgur Wheat Salad

Bulgur Wheat Salad

Course Salad
Cuisine Turkish
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 175 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup yellow fine bulgur
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves finely chopped
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon chili flakes or red paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 onion finely chopped
  • 4 green onions finely chopped
  • 1 tomato finely chopped
  • 1 cucumber finely chopped
  • 1/2 bunch of parsley finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses syrup
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1/ teaspoon salt
  • 1 juice of lemon
  • 1 lettuce

Instructions

  1. Place the Bulgur Wheat in a bowl and soak in the hot water until the water is absorbed by Bulgur, (about 10 minutes). When it's ready, drain any excess water and set a side.

  2. While waiting the water to be absorbed by Bulgur wheat, chop all the herbs finely and wash the lettuce leaves. Dry the lettuce leaves and set aside.

  3. Heat 3 tbsp of olive oil in a pan and saute finely chopped onion with tomato paste for 5 minutes.

  4. Combine the onion and tomato paste mix with the Bulgur Wheat and mix them well. And then, add the lemon juice, pomegranate molasses syrup and the all remaining ingredients to the Bulgur Wheat mix and combine all very well.

  5. Serve with lettuce leaves.