Yasmin Khan served up Kisir (spicy bulgur wheat with cucumber, pomegranate in lettuce cups) on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.

The ingredients are: 200g fine bulgur wheat, 35oml just-boiled water, 3 spring onions, finely chopped, 3 ripe tomatoes, very finely chopped, 1 small Persian cucumber, very finely chopped (about 100g), Large handful of parsley leaves, finely chopped, Small handful of mint leaves, finely chopped, 5og walnuts, Seeds of ½ medium pomegranate, 2 baby Cos or Little Gem lettuces, leaves separated (optional), For the dressing 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, 4 tablespoons pomegranate molasses, or to taste, 4 tablespoons lemon juice, or to taste, 1 ½ tablespoons tomato puree, ½ – 1 teaspoon pul biber (Aleppo pepper), or to taste 1 teaspoon biber salçası (Turkish hot pepper paste, optional) and Salt and black pepper.

See recipes by Yasmin in her book titled: Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories from the Eastern Mediterranean available from Amazon now.