How to cook crumbly bulgur for garnish in a saucepan on water

Unusual, delicious and versatile - easy to cook! Crumbly bulgur cooked on a side dish will add variety when rice and buckwheat are tired. I love this cereal because it perfectly harmonizes with fresh, boiled, stewed vegetables, with many second courses, suitable for soups and snacks. Try it!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 16 % 4 g
Fats 12 % 3 g
Carbohydrates 72 % 18 g
132 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to cook crumbly bulgur in a saucepan? Prepare the necessary products: you will need the bulgur cereal itself, water, a little vegetable oil and salt to taste.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Pour vegetable oil on the bottom of a suitable pot with a thick bottom, heat it.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Put the bulgur in the preheated oil. You can decide for yourself whether to wash the cereal or not. In some sources, it is still recommended to rinse, in many articles this stage is skipped. It would be most correct, perhaps, to still rinse the bulgur and then dry it, returning it to friability and only then put it in heated oil.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Stir-fry it until lightly dried and slightly nutty flavor.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Pour the fried bulgur with boiling water, just do it gradually. It is not necessary to pour the entire volume of water at once, because a strong bubbling will begin. Pour some water, wait until it spreads along the bottom and gradually, in parts, already pour in the remainder. Add salt to taste.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    After boiling, reduce the heat to a minimum, cover the pan with a lid and cook for about 20-30 minutes. The finished bulgur should absorb all the water, noticeably increase in volume, preserve friability.

Instead of vegetable oil, you can use butter.
In the water where bulgur is cooked, for a change, you can add a little tomato paste, and fry the spices together with the oil to taste.
Bulgur is most similar to rice, so pilaf cooked on the basis of bulgur will create an unusual, but no less delicious pilaf.

Important! Cooking from bulgur is delicious, easy and varied will help the article "Bulgur: get to know each other better and cook boldly!"

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which is better not to use at all, read here .

How to choose the perfect pot for soup, porridge or pickling cucumbers read the article about pots.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Bulgur - 342   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g

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