As I grew into my twenties my fetish for newer and experimental cuisine took hold and since then I try using familiar ingredients in unfamilar ways. Made this delicious burghul for weekend lunch and both my hubby and I loved it steaming hot.
Ingredients
Burghul (bulghar/sambha godumai/dhalia)- 1 cup (200 gms)
Assorted vegetables cut into small pieces- 2 cups ( I used carrots, purple cabbage, white cabbage, cauliflower, beans)
Onions - 1 large
Tomato - 1 medium
Salt to taste
Water - 2 cups
To be coarse ground
Ginger - 2" piece
Garlic - 4-5 cloves
Green chillies - 4 Nos (more or less)
Fennel seeds (saunf/perumjeerakam) - 1 teaspoon
Whole spices
Cloves - 2 Nos
Cinnamon - 1" stick
Cardamoms - 2 Nos
Star anise - 1 No
Masala powders
Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon (more or less)
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
For garnish
Chopped cilantro (coriander leaves) - a liberal handful
Freshly squeezed lemon juice - 2 teaspoons
Rinse and drain the burghul wheat. Heat a teaspoon of oil directly in a pressure cooker or biriyani pot and saute the whole spices for a minute before adding the sliced onions. Saute onions till translucent and add the ground paste, keep stirring till a lovely aroma emanates. Add all the chopped vegetables, tomato, burghul, and the masala powders. Pour in 2 cups of water. Close lid and cook for 4 whistles in medium flame. Once the pressure has vent, open lid , add the chopped cilantro, salt and lemon juice. Stir well and replace lid for flavours to mingle. Transfer to serving dish and serve hot with raita of choice. I served mine with a simple cucumber-cilantro raita.
Cucumber-cilantro raitha
Green cucumbers - 3 Nos
Onion - 1
Green chillies - 3 Nos
Chopped cilantro (coriander leaves) - a cupful
Curd (plain yoghurt) - 100 ml
Salt to taste
Chop all veggies and cilantro into small pieces, add to whisked curds. Add salt to taste. Refridgerate for 1/2 hour so for flavours to mingle.
20 comments:
Healthy pulav...it's gr8 to see you back dear :)
using bulgar wheat instead of rice is such a great idea, healthy option, lovely with that yummy raitha
looks healthy and delicious :-)
Wat a healthy pulav to enjoy without any guilt..Would love to grab the plate rite now..
mmmm deluctable combo....Yes even i wud like to have it,pls pass me that plate.
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Oh Yum! Pulav looks so good. Love the green and yellow cucumber Raita too.
Love the fact its healthy,never cooked this one before!
Using bulgar instead of rice is a healthy option! Pulav looks delicious with that bowl of raita!
looks like a yummy aviyal..I tried the same recipe with quinoa once ..it ws good,but its tough to make my picky husband eat these whole grains..definitely a great recipe for health savvy ppl Dershana..:)
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Thats a real fulfilling meal:)
Bulgur pulao looks very tasty, never made it!
i love this..looks simply delicious...
super healthy pulao!!
Very healthy pulao, looks delicious!
Love the idea of using bulgar in this manner....
Good to know about your blog...the oulav looks nice
wooow...very nice healthy recipe dear sounds great bulgar wheat pulao dear...
thats a very nice and healthy pulav
love healthy recipes, can't wait to try this one
This looks and sounds wonderful. Can you please let me know by what name is Burghul navailable in North India.
@ajay, the hindi term for burghul is dhalia. it has been mentioned in the post.
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