Recipe Corner: Onion, Bulgur and Tomato Summer Salad (or Appetizer)

Chopped fresh mint, green onions, parsley, radishes, and black olives as garnish

Sea or Kosher salt, black pepper, paprika, cayenne pepper, or Aleppo pepper

In a large pan, sauté the onions, bell peppers, celery and garlic in the olive oil.   Add the tomato sauce, water, and choice of salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne pepper or Aleppo pepper, and bring to a boil, tossing all ingredients, for 5-8 minutes.

Remove pan from heat.  Fold in the bulgur and the tomato, and let all ingredients absorb the liquid for 10 minutes; add lemon juice and extra olive oil, if desired, and toss a few times.

Serve salad warm or cold mounded on a large platter, and garnish with chopped mint, green onions, parsley, radishes, and black olives.  Serve with Armenian peda bread, garlic bread, or cracker bread, and with large Romaine lettuce leaves to ‘scoop up” the salad.

*Christine’s recipes have been published in the Fresno Bee, Sunset and Cooking Light Magazines, and athttp://www.thearmeniankitchen.com/

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