Baxter Estate Kisir

Description
This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Baxter Estate in Heath, Texas in 1984.
 * Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group

Ingredients

 * 2 cups fine bulgur
 * 2 cups hot water
 * 1 tablespoon tomato paste
 * 1 tablespoon hot pepper paste
 * ½ cup olive oil
 * ½ bunch green onions finely chopped
 * 1 small onion cut in thin half rounds
 * 1 bunch flat leaf parsley finely chopped
 * 1 cucumber finely chopped
 * 2 banana peppers finely chopped
 * 2 tablespoons pomegranate syrup
 * juice of 1 lemon
 * 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
 * 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
 * 1 teaspoon mint flakes
 * 1 teaspoon cumin
 * romaine lettuce leaves
 * tomatoes

Directions

 * 1) Put tomato and pepper paste in a big bowl and melt them with boiling hot water.
 * 2) Add bulgur and 1 teaspoon salt into this mix and stir once.
 * 3) Cover with a thick kitchen towel and let it soak up the water for 10 minutes.
 * 4) Cut onion in half first then into very thin half moon shapes.
 * 5) In a little bowl knead onion with 1 teaspoon salt.
 * 6) Rinse salt and squeeze excessive water.
 * 7) Fluff bulgur with a fork.
 * 8) Add pepper flakes, ground pepper, cumin, mint flakes, oil, pomegranate syrup, lemon juice and kneaded onion.
 * 9) Mix well.
 * 10) At this point taste to see if it needs more lemon juice.
 * 11) Add banana peppers, spring onions, cucumber and parsley then mix well.
 * 12) Serve over lettuce leaves and place slices of tomato over top and serve immediately.