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- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Prep Time: 10 min(s)
- Cook Time: 25 min(s)
- Serves 4
Every week, Eddie Abd sits down with food blogger and writer Fouad
Kassab to discuss Middle Eastern cuisine, including Turkish, Lebanese
and Syrian foods. In the first segment, Fouad explains how to make a
burghul pilaf with chickpeas.
A traditional Middle Eastern side dish, burghul can be cooked just as you would rice. Middle Easterners favour the absorption method and flavour the grain with salt, onions and garlic. Butter adds richness and the addition of chickpeas give the pilaf more body.
Fouad Kassab, author of the Middle Eastern-themed thefoodblog.com.au, shares this traditional recipe, which has variances all around the Middle East. Burghul was used as the main grain in Syria and Lebanon before rice become popular and affordable.
Ingredients
3 tbsp butter2 tbsp canola or vegetable oil
1 large onion, finely diced
1 garlic clove, finely diced
3 tsp salt, or to taste
1/2 cup vermicelli noodles, broken to small segments
1 cup cooked or canned chickpeas
2 cups coarse burghul (bulgur)
5 cups water, room temperature
Preparation
Heat the butter and oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the onions, garlic and salt, and cook until the onions are translucent.Add the vermicelli and fry until golden brown. Add the chickpeas and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes, followed by the burghul. Stir to coat burghul well with butter. Add water and bring to the boil, then simmer for 15-20 minutes or until all the water is absorbed.
Serve with a stew or eat on its own with a few dollops of Greek yoghurt.
If you enjoyed this Burghul pilaf with chickpeas recipe then browse more Middle Eastern recipes, side dish recipes, vegetarian recipes, nut-free recipes, egg-free recipes, vegetarian recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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