Bulgur

Boulgour

What it is

Wheat that has been parboiled, dried and cracked — one of the oldest processed foods known, described in Hittite and Babylonian texts. The precooking is why it needs only soaking, which mattered enormously where fuel was scarce.

In the kitchen

Fine bulgur for tabbouleh needs no cooking at all — the lemon juice and tomato water soften it. Boiling it makes porridge.

Goes with

Parsley Mint Lemon Tomato Olive oil Spring onion Cumin Pomegranate

Same species

Couscous Einkorn Emmer wheat Wholemeal flour T45 flour T55 flour

Also used with

Lamb tail fat

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