Hello Guys,
Reference to Robbie's writing challenge, I would like to introduce you very simple and modest two recipes from my cuisine "Syrian Damascusian Cuisine".
The recipes that I am going to introduce today are regarded as very modest and traditional i.e. you can't find them in restaurants. Only simple families prepare this kinda food in Damascus..
I wonder first if you are familiar with using crushed wheat in your cuisines. This is how crushed wheat looks. And it is regarded as a substitute of rice in many cases in my cuisine. There are also some recipes which are prepared especially with crashed wheat such as the two recipes bellow..
Here are the recipes of today. Let's talk about them one by one.
The First Recipe on the Left Hand: "Crushed Wheat with Cooked Tomato"
I would like to say that this is my favorite. It's easy recipe. you only need to cook the crushed wheat exactly the same how you cook rice but with only double amount of water. Before you pour the water in the pot, you need to cook tomato and onion in the same pot, and then we add the water "2 cups for each one cup of crushed wheat" and we add the tomato sauce also and a sufficient amount of salt. When the water starts boiling, just pour the crushed wheat and wait till it's cooked and water is wholly absorbed and vanished.
The meal is served with yogurt and salad on the side. (Sorry coz I ate the salad before I remembered to take the picture :D)
The Second Recipe on the Right Hand: "Mjaddara"
Similar to the first recipe, but this time we boil the lentil till it's ripe, then we add the crushed wheat to the soup of lentil. But please notice that there is another type of lentil which is crushed also and it looks reddish, while what we use in this recipe is different type of lentil which looks as black seeds before cooking..
The meal is usually topped with fried chops of onion and served with salad and yogurt (sorry for the salad again :D). In my case the "Mjaddara" was lacking the toppings of fried onion..
Anyway, This was my participation in Robbie's writing challenge. I hope you like it. Thanks for Reading :)
Comments
Onee-chan :D
Thank you for your colorful comments :D
Yes, in Asia you use basically rice for everything.. Cooking with Bulgur is much healthier than rice.. Also, it makes a nice addition and a good change whenever you like.. I wish you can try it one day..
Thanks again for reading :)
AG,
It's relieved that I don't see your left hand again. ^^
Oh my God. I can understand how hungry you were after cooking. lol...
Wheat is not so common here. We, Indonesia always eat rice. From the look, it is like fried rice, but of course it is different. I wonder how the taste is. Maybe I will try someday. Thank you for sharing this simple delicious recipe. Everyone want a simple recipe with a nice taste. ^_^
Elen, it's great that somebody knows it here :D Well, the other recipe tastes good but it needs to be supported by salad and yogurt seriously, because it feels incomplete alone.. I am so sorry for the salad really.. you can have tabbouleh instead :D Tabbouleh is really really perfect kind of salads..
AG, yes, I know crushed wheat. We call it pligouri. Bulgur in english as you said. My brother likes it because it is healthy and he makes it with tomato sause, like you. So I have eaten some times. It is nice but I prefer the rice :)
The other recipe with the lentil, I don't know it but looks nice too. :)
Why didn't you remember to took photo of the salad? :( I love salads! And this Tabbouleh looks delicious!
hahahahahaha, I am sorry for confusion really.. I was not sure that it's the exact English word which I was looking for..
Luci, Try the first recipe, it's really easy and nice and I am sure you will like it.. you may want to wash the bulgur with water before you pour it into the water.. just cook some sufficient amount of chopped onion and tomato with vegetable oil. When they are cooked, add water, tomato sauce, and salt. Wait till water starts boiling and put the bulgur.. when the water vanish, then it's done.. btw, don't wait to dehydrate the whole water, you may like to turn off the oven before it drains totally.. Enjoy eating.. :)
hopefully you will like it :)
This is for all of you guys who are asking about the Tabbouleh which Mary talked about in her bellow comment :P
The both dishes are made from the fine bulgur (or fine crushed wheat).
Mary, does your Tabbouleh looks the same like this? :P
Hello, Mary :D
It's a very nice reply. Thank you so much for reacting..
Well, About the couscous.. I don't have much information how to make it. It's very famous dish in the Western Arab Countries such as: Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania.. But No, it's not the same Crushed Wheat that I am talking about. It's definitely different.. Let me tell you that we call it here "Burgul" and maybe The correct translation in English it's "bulgur". I found it in Wikipedia in this name.. I am not sure though..
Well, I need to say that.. if you know Tabbouleh :D and it's very very famous of Syrian Cuisine (I am sure that you have learnt it from a Syrian), then the Bulgur that you use with Tabbouleh is exactly the same what you use here, but here in my dishes it's coarse bulgur while what we use in tabbouleh is the fine bulgur..
When I was making this blog at the beginning, I wanted to speak more about the crushed wheat (or bulgur) and I wanted to refer that there are two types of it. One which is fine bulgur, and other which is coarse bulgur.. Also I wanted to refer to the dishes which are made from fine bulgur such as tabbouleh and kibbeh.. but I thought it would be an excessive explanation which was not needed...
Now, I am thanking you for dragging what was in my mind by your question.. Hopefully, you got your answer.. and looking forward to knowing more about Spanish cuisine :)
Nice dish and easy to prepare!
I've a question, that crushed wheat you say, it's like couscous?
I really like many things of the Arab cuisine, and even in the Spanish cuisine you can find some influences as well (the most popular one is the shish kebab, that we know as the "Moorish brochette". Few time ago I learned how to prepare Tabbouleh; it's so easy and it's sooo good... after learning I was eating Tabbouleh for two months! XD
Thanks for sharing and showing us your cooking skills!
Hello, Estanis..
I use to cook everything since I spent two years of my life living alone.. Now, I work around 12 hours and I am responsible for shopping for the home and so and so.. So, I don't have time to cook for myself.. Thanks God, I have my mother around.. but sometimes in the vacations or when I have time, I cook for them all.. it's nice to eat what you cook, you know..
Well.. Thanks for reading.. Hope you like these recipes :)
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