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!
