Kısır is a well known salad in Turkey and also a variation of this salad is called tabooley in other eastern countries. This photo is from http://yemek.wordpress.com/category/kisir/ I will share my own photo as soon as I make my own salad. Here is a short description of how to make tabooley very easily.

Ingredients:

1 cup fine bulgur
1/2 cup tomato paste
10 green onions cut into small pieces
1 cup chopped parsley
1 cup hot water
1 cucumber
1 large tomato
1 large chopped bell pepper
2 teaspoons hot red pepper
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup vinegar
2 teaspoons salt

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Ingredients:

3 middle-sized aubergines (grilled and peeled)
2 tomatoes (peeled and chopped)
4-5 green bell peppers (grilled)
1 onion (chopped)
A handful of fresh parsley (chopped)
2 garlic clove (crushed)
salt,black pepper, vegetable oil, juice of one lemon

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