I love trying Indian recipes using American ingredients. Zucchini Kootu, Zucchini Pappu, Grits Adai, Grits Idli were few successful ones. To this list I can now add bulgur upma too. Many people confuse bulgur with cracked wheat. The terms are used interchangeably in many places, but they both are not the same. Broken wheat and cracked wheat are the same but not bulgur and cracked wheat. I've discussed it in detail in the vegetarian chili recipe. Check it out.
I had some bulgur lying in the freezer and wanted to finish it. Tabouli is "the" recipe when it comes to bulgur. I was not in the mood for a salad and also I wanted to use the bits and pieces of vegetables lying in the fridge before refilling it. So I decided to make upma with bulgur. Just like making cracked wheat upma, I thought I would prepare bulgur upma. Let me tell you this is so much easier and tastier than cracked wheat upma. We liked the chewy texture of bulgur and it was filling too. I also see that bulgur has more fiber than brown rice. Another bonus, bulgur can feed a crowd. Also it tastes even better the day after it is cooked. It soaks up the flavor of the vegetables and tastes very good.
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Recipe
Bulgur Upma Or Tabouli Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Dry Bulgur
- 1 cup Boiling Water
- 2 teaspoons Oil
- ¼ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Urad Daal
- 1 teaspoon Channa Daal
- ¼ cup Peanuts (Optional)
- 1 Finely Chopped Medium Size Onion
- 1 big Green Chili
- 1 Diced Medium Size Potato
- 1 cup Chopped Beans
- 1 cup Peas
- 1 cup Diced Carrots
- As Needed Salt
- ¼ cup Finely Chopped Cilantro
Instructions
- In a bowl add the bulgur wheat, boiling water and little salt. Stir it thoroughly and leave it until all the water is absorbed. It may take about 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile in a big frying pan add the oil and heat it. Once it is hot enough add the mustard seeds. After it splutters add the peanuts (if using) and roast it. Then add the urad daal and channa daal and fry it until golden brown.
- Add the chopped onions and slit green chili. Add little salt, so that the onion would cook faster.
- Once the onions are cooked add the other vegetables, ½ cup (or more) water as required, salt and close the pan with a lid. Increase the heat and in about 10-15 minutes the vegetables would have cooked enough.
- To the cooked vegetables mixture add the prepared bulgur and combine it well. Garnish it with cilantro and it's ready to dig in.
My Notes
- If adding peanuts, it's preferable to add it first after the mustard seeds splutter. Since it takes some time to roast, if it's added after the urad daal and channa daal, by the time it turns brown the other daals would get burnt.
- This bulgur upma is good both hot or cold. I had some leftover which I kept it in the fridge. It tasted so good (or even better) the next day, even straight from the fridge.
- Bulgur before soaking may look very less but after it absorbs the water and especially with so much vegetables it makes huge quantity. You can really feed an army. Try it when you are having a potluck or friends over. When I first measured 1 cup of bulgur, I thought it would not be enough for the 2 of us. Usually I use 1 and ¾th cups of vermicilli or cracked wheat for preparing upma. So I measured another ¾th cup of bulgur to prepare this upma. Gosh! that was so much for us. So I did not add the entire bulgur to the cooked vegetables. I reserved some for later. Luckily I got another idea to make use of the excess bulgur. That dish turned out very good too. Will post it later.
- Next I want to cook pulav using bulgur. I'm sure it would taste equally good.
This bulgur upma goes to Roma's JFI-Wheat. JFI originally started by Indira.
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