Baxter Estate Kisir

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