Ingredients

1 cup red lentil

1/2 cup fine bulgur

1/2 cup olive oil

2 cups of water

1 medium onion, very finely chopped

1 tsp cumin

1 tbsp tomato + red pepper paste (if you cannot find red pepper paste you can use 1 tbsp tomato paste)

~1 tsp salt

juice of half or 1 lemon (depends on how you like it: sour or not so sour)

1/3 bunch parsley, finely chopped (or mint)

1/2 bunch green onion, finely chopped

curly leaf lettuce

Preparation

-Wash lentils and boil them in 2 cups of water until it almost soaks the water. -Once you turn it off, add bulgur and salt. Mix once and cover to let the bulgur expand. Let it cool off. -Heat oil in a pan and add the onion (not the green one!) and cook until soft. -Add tomato paste and cook for another 1-2 minutes. -Add cumin and stir once you turn it off. -Add this to the lentils which should be cool by now. -Add half of finely chopped parsley, green onion, and lemon juice to the lentils. Mix all well. -Take walnut size pieces and give them kofte shape in your hands.