Bulgur Salad |Pligourisalata| Vegan Salad

May 10, 2017 · Modified: Jan 26, 2021 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

Bulgur Salad, hearty whole-grain salad with bulgur, veggies and simple herbs. Quick and easy to make salad.

What is Bulgur/Bulghur?
Bulgur/Bulghur vs Broken Wheat
How to make Bulgur Salad
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Salads are regular at home, i try to make one, at-least once in a week. Our favorite is this simple chickpea salad . Sometimes i make this Rice and beans salad, to use up leftover rice. Both my kiddos love this pasta salad and this creamy carrot salad on cucumber boats, Last month, we had our in-laws at home, so it was a pucca traditional south-indian food all day. Since they have a different routine, i couldn't stuff mine into them. Now it is just us, i started with our salad routine, the first recipe i tried is this Greek Bulgur salad.

What is Bulgur/Bulghur?

Bulgur/bulghur, a wholegrain cereal made from dried, cracked wheat. It is parboiled, or partially cooked, so when used in recipes, it is cooked quickly. When cooked, it has a similar consistency to couscous/quinoa.

Bulgur originated in the Mediterranean, a staple ingredient in many Middle Eastern and Mediterranean dishes. Apart from being tasty and quick to cook, bulgur is very nutritious. Since it’s a minimally processed grain, it maintains more nutritional value than more refined wheat products. Bulgur contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, as well as a substantial amount of fiber.

Bulgur/Bulghur vs Broken Wheat

Sometimes bulgur is confused with cracked wheat, but they are not the same. Cracked wheat, which are whole raw wheat berries that have been milled into smaller pieces. Unlike bulgur, cracked wheat has not been precooked and, hence, can’t be substituted in recipes that call for bulgur.

How to make Bulgur Salad

A wonderful combination of bulgur with onion, tomatoes and cukes and a simple dressing of lime juice and herbs, that's it. Only time consuming process in this salad, is to cook bulgur, yup, adding boiling water to the bulgur. Rest is all done, when the water is boiling.

Please Check the recipe card below for the exact measurements of the ingredients and detailed steps

Boil water in a sauce pan, add the bulgur, keep it covered for 30-40 minutes.
While the bulgur is resting, Wash and chop the veggies, herbs and juice the lime and keep it all ready
After the said time, check on the bulgur, it must have soaked up all the liquid. Drain the bulgur well. Toss it with the veggies, herbs and add lime juice and salt. Let it sit for 10 minutes for the flavors to mingle. Serve

Bulgur Salad | Pligourisalata | Vegan Salad

Bulgur Salad, hearty salad with bulgur, veggies and simple herbs. Quick and easy to make salad.

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Course: Salad, Snack

Cuisine: Greek, Miidle-Eastern

Keyword: Bulgur recipe, Fresh salad, Healthy salald, Whole-grain salad

Cook Time: 40

Resting time: 15

Total Time: 55

Servings:

Calories:

Ingredients

½ cup white bulgur
1 no medium sized onion chopped fine
4-5 nos yellow cherry tomatoes sliced into half
4-5 nos red cherry tomatoes sliced into half
1 no lebanese cucumber finely chopped with the skin
3 tablespoon fresh mint chopped
1 tablespoon parsley chopped
3 tablespoon cilantro chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
juice of a lime
salt to taste
pepper to taste

Instructions

Boil 1 cup of water in a sauce pan, take it off the stove and add the bulgur to it. Cover and set aside for 30-40 minutes.
While the bulgur is getting ready, let us prepare the veggies, wash the cucumber and tomatoes, chop them fine. Wash the herbs and chop them fine. Juice and lime and keep it ready.
After the said time, check on the bulgur, it must have absorbed all the liquid and swelled well and turned soft. There should be no water left in it, but as a precaution, strain it well.
To a large bowl, add all the chopped veggies, add the cooked bulgur, toss and mix. to the mixed salad, now add the chopped herbs, lime juice and salt. Toss and let the salad sit for 15 minutes for the flavors to mingle well.
I refrigerated the salad and served it chill as part of our dinner. Loved the simple flavors, the salad is spiced just with lime juice and salt, still tasted amazing.

Notes

You can add crumbled Feta Cheese to the salad to add more volume to it.

Disclaimer

I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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I love such simple recipes, that require less time in the kitchen. With sun blazing through all day, i like to spend as much as little time possible in the kitchen, and that doesn't mean less tasty meal.

The day i made this salad, i made a delicious greek chickpea/Revithia soup. Some might think this as an odd combination, but the hot soup and chilled salad paired so well.

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Bulgur Salad |Pligourisalata| Vegan Salad

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What is Bulgur/Bulghur?

Bulgur/Bulghur vs Broken Wheat

How to make Bulgur Salad