Bulgur with vegetables: recipes and cooking features

Bulgur is one of the most popular whole-grain cereals, actively used in the Middle East. From it, incredibly delicious and friable side dishes are obtained, which will become a good alternative to traditional pasta or potatoes. Therefore, today more and more of our compatriots are interested in how to cook bulgur with vegetables. Recipes for such dishes will be presented in today's publication.

General recommendations

In order for you to get a delicious and healthy side dish, you must adhere to a few simple rules. First of all, you should remember that this groats do not need to be washed. This is due to the fact that during the production process it undergoes steaming and grinding.

Before you can cook bulgur with vegetables, the recipe of which you can see in today's article, it is desirable to fry it in a frying pan, smeared with olive, melted or butter.

To just cook this grain, it is poured hot water in a ratio of 1: 2 and boiled at minimum heat for fifteen minutes. If it is prepared in combination with juicy ingredients, then the amount of liquid can be slightly adjusted downward.

Bulgur with vegetables in the multivark

Recipes using this device allow you to quickly and easily prepare a great dinner or dinner. In order for your family to appreciate the taste of this dish, you must go to the store in advance and purchase all the required components. The list you compiled must include:

• 150 grams of cereals.
• 300 milliliters of water.
• For 150 grams of canned peas and corn.
• One carrot.
• 150 grams of butter.
• A pair of large bulbs.

To make you a fragrant bulgur with vegetables (the recipe will be listed step by step further), it is desirable to supplement the above list with table salt, ground pepper and spices for pilaf.

Process description

Despite the fact that this groats do not require preliminary washing, many housewives still do this. Prepared bulgur are covered in a bowl multivarka, pour filtered water, add salt and butter. The device is closed with a lid, activate the "Kasha" mode and wait a little less than half an hour.

While the groats will be boiled, you can do vegetables. Washed and peeled onions and carrots are ground. Asparagus is cut into large pieces so that it retains its natural flavor. As for corn and peas, then they simply drain the brine. By the way, in the absence of conservation, it can be replaced with freshly frozen products. All the vegetables are combined in one container and after the signal of the multivark are added to the boiled croup.

The contents of the device are thoroughly mixed, salted, peppered, seasoned with spices for pilaf and cooked for ten minutes. Bulgur with vegetables, the recipe of which was considered above, will be an excellent addition to all kinds of salads.

Porridge with zucchini and sweet pepper

This fragrant lean dish can be served for dinner or for dinner. It should be noted that the preparation of four portions of this meal will take no more than one hour. The process itself is so simple that even a novice cook will master it without problems. In order not to have to interrupt cooking and be distracted in search of missing ingredients, it is necessary to carry out an audit of your own pantry in advance and purchase all the required products. You should have at your fingertips:

• 150 grams of cereals.
• 300 milliliters of boiled water.
• Two sweet Bulgarian peppers.
• Nine cloves of garlic.
• A couple of fresh squash.
• Juice of half a lemon.

Plus, everything else, the recipe for cooking bulgur with vegetables implies the presence of a small amount of quality olive oil, a bunch of cilantro, salt and curry.

Sequencing

First you need to prepare vegetables. Pre-cleaned five cloves of garlic ground with a knife, combine with curry, sent to a pan with preheated olive oil and a couple of minutes kept on fire, without forgetting to constantly stir. After that, Bulgur is added to the same container. All carefully mixed, so that the groats are soaked with oil, and poured hot water. Then the pan is covered with a lid and left to simmer on low heat for twenty minutes.

In a separate frying pan, smeared with preheated olive oil, lightly fry the previously washed, brushed and chopped Bulgarian pepper. After that, it is sent to a pan with cooked cereal, mix well, remove from the plate and wrap with a towel.

Our bulgur with vegetables, the recipe of which is considered in today's article, is almost ready. It remains only to make marinated zucchini. They are washed, cut into thin strips and folded into a clean deep bowl. There, too, the salt is passed through the garlic press, juice of half a lemon and shredded herbs. All is well mixed, covered with a lid and placed in a refrigerator. As a rule, ten minutes is enough to allow marrows to marinate. After this time, the finished dish can be served to the table.

Bulgur with vegetables and chicken

Recipes for the preparation of this cereal are diverse. In this case, in addition to other ingredients, meat will be used. Before starting the process, check if there are any in your kitchen:

• 550 grams of chicken fillet.
• One sweet Bulgarian pepper.
• 200 grams of cereals.
• A pair of medium carrots.
• One large onion bulb.

To make a delicious and satisfying dish, the above list must be supplemented with filtered water, salt, spices and vegetable oil.

Technology of preparation

First you need to do vegetables. Pre-washed and peeled onions with carrots are ground with a blender. If you do not have this device, you can use other improvised tools. In this case, the carrots are simply processed on a grater, and the onions are finely shredded. Bulgarian peppers relieve the stalk and seeds, and then cut it into medium cubes.

Prepared in this way, vegetables are sent to the bowl of the multivark. There, too, the croup and the chicken fillet, washed and cut into two centimetre pieces, are placed. All this is well mixed, salted, seasoned with spices and poured with filtered water so that it completely covers the products. The device is closed with a lid and the "Quenching" mode is activated. After about half an hour a dish can be served to the table. If desired, a ready-made bulgur with vegetables, the recipe of which is presented above, is filled with butter or vegetable oil.