Cross cultural bulgur wheat (mf)

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup Bulgur wheat
4 cups Water
2 tablespoons Sesame oil
4 tablespoons Vegetable oil
1 teaspoon Minced ginger
½ teaspoon Minced garlic
Grated zest of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
Salt and crushed red pepper
1 cup Chopped mint
1 cup Chopped cilantro
¼ cup Scallions
½ cup Chopped jicama, or canned water chestnuts
Watercress and boston lettuce leaves

Directions

Set bulgur wheat in a bowl and cover with water; let stand for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile in a mixing bowl combine sesame and vegetable oils with ginger, garlic, lemon zest and juice and season well to taste with salt and crushed red pepper. Drain the bulgur and squeeze out as much water as you can with your hands. Combine bulgur with dressing, mint, cilantro and scallions.

Fold in the jicama and adjust seasoning; serve over watercress and Boston lettuce

Yield: 4 servings Copyright, 1997, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserve

MC Busted by Gail Shermeyer by TVFN Website on April 11, 1997 Recipe by: COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #MF6670 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #609 by 4paws@... (Shermeyer-Gail) on May 12, 1997

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