Thursday, August 11, 2011

Bulgur with green lentils and walnuts

I was searching recipes and I found this website Almost Turkish Recipes. I will try recipes from this website. I like the recipes. Of course, I made some changes as usual.

Ingredients
1 cup hot water
1cup bulgur
1 cup cooked green lentil
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
2-3 green onions, finely chopped
1/3 cup chopped parsley
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill ( I didn't use it )
1 red pepper or 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp or less red pepper flakes
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh basil or 1 tsp dried basil flakes
1 tsp dry mint flakes
3 tbsp olive oil ( recipe didn't have it)
1 tsp or less black pepper
 1 lemon juice
salt
optional a couple of cherry tomatoes
grape leaves (if unavailable, lettuce would do)
I didn't use grape leaves. 

Preparation Method

-Put bulgur in a bowl and add hot water. Stir once, cover with a thick towel and wait until bulgur soaks all the water.
-If you have fresh grape leaves, boil some water and cook grape leaves for 2-3 minutes. Set aside and let cool.
-Add tomato paste to bulgur and mix it well with the back of a spoon or your hands until paste is homogeneously distributed.
-Add lentils.
-Add green onion, parsley, dill, tomatoes, green pepper, basil, mint, red pepper flakes, black pepper, walnut, olive oil and salt.
-Serve bulgur with lentils with grape leaves or lettuce. Put some in the middle of a leave, make a roll or a bundle and enjoy.


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