Kısır
{{Short description|Turkish bulgur salad dish}}
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| name = Kısır
| image = Kisir.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = A plate of kısır decorated with green olives and cucumber pieces
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| country = Turkey
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| course = Side dish, salad, meze
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| main_ingredient = Finely ground bulgur, parsley, tomato paste
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| similar_dish = Çiğ köfte
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Kısır is a bulgur based salad found in Turkish cuisine.{{cite book|author=Ghillie Basan|author-link=Ghillie Basan|author2=Jonathan Basan |title=Classic Turkish Cookery|publisher=I.B. Tauris Publishers|year=1995|isbn=978-1-86064-011-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xb62ZJMNVBwC&pg=PA51|pages=51|access-date=2008-04-24}}{{cite book|author=Jeanne Jacob|author-link=Jeanne Jacob|author2=Michael Ashkenazi |title=The World Cookbook|publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2014|isbn=9781610694698 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmqEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA726|pages=726|access-date=2018-06-23}} The main ingredients are finely ground bulgur, parsley, and tomato paste. Common additional ingredients include onion, garlic (in some regions), sour pomegranate molasses, olive oil and lemon juice, cucumber, cornichons and spices. It can be served with lettuce leaves. It has a reddish color due to tomato paste admixture. It is served at room temperature as either a side-dish or meze appetizer.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/kisir|title=Kisir recipe{{!}}BBC Good Food|work=BBC Good Food|access-date=2020-04-16}}
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External links
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=dOnoBQAAQBAJ&dq=k%C4%B1s%C4%B1r+cuisine&pg=PT18 A recipe]
- [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/9220969/Kisir-recipe.html Another recipe]
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Category:Turkish words and phrases
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