Bulgur, Couscous

Couscous, 

It's very easy to prepare and it's easy to combine with everything!
Couscous is not a grain, many people might think it's a grain, despite popular belief, it's not. Actually it's pasta. It's made of semolina and wheat flour that is steamed.

It's easy to prepare:

• Bring the water to a boil.
• Use 1.5 cups of water per cup of couscous. (that's good for both regular and whole wheat)
• Dump the water on the couscous, cover it up.
• Let it suck up the water for like 5-10 minutes.
• Fluff the couscous up with a fork.

For taste add:

• salt
• 1-2 teaspoon olive oil
• 1-2 teaspoon butter
• blackpepper
• or instead of water use vegetables broth

Bulgur,

It might be look a lot like the Couscous, yet it's not the same. It is sold in many different sizes, the middle-smallest size is used for dishes such as Kisir. The bigger ones are used for it's rised-like cooked dishes, Bulgur pilavi (Big size bulgur with vegetables and chicken or meat cooked the same way as pilav)

Bulgur is a cereal food made from the groats of several different wheat species. I cook bulgur really a lot! But the thing is, I don't use cups or anything to measure it, make as much as I think it's enough, AND BELIEVE ME IT'S ALWAYS A SUCCES. For the next time I will make at least photo's of the measurements!

It's also really easy to prepare:

   

Middle/small size:

• 1 waterglass of 200-250 ml is enough for 1 person.
• Put it in a deep but big plate.
• Pour in the boiled water, the water needs to be 1 finger above the bulgur.
• Cover it up QUICKLY!
• Let it suck up the water for about 5-10 minutes.
• Meanwhile you could slice up vegetables or anything.

To add flavour:

• Add salt
• 1/2 tablespoon mayonaise
• 1 dessertspoon butter
• blackpepper

Large size (1 person):

• 1 waterglass (200-250 ml) bulgur
• 1 boiled waterglass

Let it boil together for 15 minutes more or less.

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All of the recipes are for BASIC use, in the future I'll add also more recipes!