Bulgur Pilavı (Turkish Bulgur Pilaf with Tomatoes and Peppers)
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Ingredients
- 300 g bulgur wheat
- 1 green pepper
- 2 ripe plum tomatoes
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 450 ml vegetable stock
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 378 kcal
- Protein
- 10.8 g
- Carbohydrate
- 48.9 g
- of which sugars
- 5 g
- Fat
- 11.5 g
- of which saturates
- 1.7 g
- Fibre
- 15.5 g
- Salt
- 0.89 g
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Method
- 1
Heat the olive oil in a pan and cook the onion and green pepper for 6 minutes until softened.
- 2
Add the ripe plum tomatoes, chopped, and tomato purée and cook for 3 minutes.
- 3
Stir in the bulgur wheat and vegetable stock, bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 12 minutes until the bulgur is tender and the liquid is absorbed.
- 4
Take off the heat and leave to stand, covered, for 5 minutes before fluffing with a fork.

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