Kurdistani Bulgur Wheat Pilaf - Bulgur Pilavi xp

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Kurdistani Bulgur Wheat Pilaf - Bulgur Pilavi

4 tablespoons butter, olive oil, or a combination of both

1/2 teaspoon yellow asafetida powder

1 1/2 cups diced green bell peppers

3/4 cup peeled chopped tomatoes

2 1/4 cups vegetable stock

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups coarse bulgur wheat

 

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Melt the butter in a heavy, non-stick 2-litre saucepan over moderate heat.

 

Sprinkle in the yellow asafetida powder, saute momentarily, and then add the

green bell peppers and tomatoes. Cook the vegetables for ten minutes, or until

the tomatoes break down and soften.

 

Add the vegetable stock and salt, raise the heat and bring to the boil.

 

Stir in the bulgur, return to the boil, and stirring, allow it to boil for one

more minute. Reduce the heat to low and simmer with a tight-fitting lid for 5 to

10 minutes, or until all the liquid has been absorbed.

 

Place the saucepan, still covered, on a heat diffuser or some other warm

surface, or alternatively place it in a warm oven wrapped in a towel for another

15 to 20 minutes or until the grains are fluffy, fully expanded and firm.

 

Serve hot.

Preparation and cooking time: 30 – 40 minutes

Makes enough for 4 – 6 persons.

 

Source: Kurma dot net

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This is my version of a delicious, hearty and warming bulgur recipe from

Kurdistan. Tomatoes and sweet peppers are lightly stir fried, then cooked with

the bulgur in a vegetable stock. The bulgur absorbs the liquid as it cooks and

as it simmers in the stock, it absorbs flavours from the vegetables. The dish is

ready in less than twenty minutes – light, fluffy, nutty-flavoured grains

punctuated with colourful pieces of tomatoes and capsicums.

 

ChupaNote: a good recipe for using up bits and pieces of left over veggies. Just

do not exceed the 2 cups equivalent to green peppers and tomatoes.

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