August 28, 2026
What Is Kısır? (And How to Make It)
The fine-bulgur salad of southern Turkey, dressed in tomato and pepper paste rather than oil and herbs alone. How it differs from tabbouleh, and a no-boil…
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Articles & Recipes
Notes on grains, pastes and sweets, and how to cook with them.
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Turkish Köfte
Ground beef or lamb kneaded with grated onion and a spoonful each of pepper paste and tomato paste, chilled, then grilled or pan-fried hot and fast.
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Asparagus Bulgur Pilav
A spring version of bulgur pilav with no paste in it, finished with blanched asparagus folded in at the end so it stays green.
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Tabbouleh
A herb salad with bulgur in it, not the other way around: two bunches of parsley, one of mint, and a cup of fine bulgur softened…
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Bulgur Pilav
The everyday Turkish grain dish: onion and pepper softened in butter and oil, tomato and pepper paste stirred in, coarse bulgur toasted before the liquid goes…