also bul·ghur n.

Cracked wheat grains, often used in Middle Eastern dishes. Also called bulgur wheat.

[Ottoman Turkish bulğur, from Arabic burġul, burġūl, from Persian barghūl.]

The oldest processed food known. Prepared precooked wheat, originally from the Middle East. Wheat is soaked, cooked, and dried, then lightly milled to remove the outer bran and cracked. It is eaten in soups and cooked with meat (when it is known as kibbe). Also called ala, burghul, cracked wheat, and American rice.

[BUHL-guhr] A nutritious staple in the Middle East, bulgur wheat consists of wheat kernels that have been steamed, dried and crushed. It is often confused with but is not exactly the same as cracked wheat. Bulgur, also called burghul, has a tender, chewy texture and comes in coarse, medium and fine grinds. It makes an excellent wheat pilaf and is delicious in salads (see tabbouleh), and in meat or vegetable dishes, as with kibbeh.

Cracked hard-wheat.

Bulgur is a parched and cracked hard-wheat (Triticum durum) food product, high in nutritional value. The wheat kernels are boiled until soft and about to crack, then drained, sun-dried, and finally ground into fine or coarse particles. This process dissolves some of the vitamins and minerals in the bran; the water soaks into the endosperm, bringing the dissolved nutrients with it to the inside of the grain. Coarse bulgur is used in stews and pilaf, while fine bulgur is used in kibbeh and tabbouleh.

— CLIFFORD A. WRIGHT

Quantity	Energy (calories)	Carbohydrates (grams)	Protein (grams)	Cholesterol (milligrams)	Weight (grams)	Fat (grams)	Saturated Fat (grams)
1 cup	600	129	19	0	170	3	1.2

IN BRIEF: n. - Parched crushed wheat.

Tutor's tip: A "Bulgar" is a native of Bulgaria, while "bulgur" is cracked wheat.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bulgur

Nederlands (Dutch)
gekookte en gedroogde tarwe

Français (French)
n. - boulgour

Deutsch (German)
n. - Getreidespeise

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πλιγούρι

Português (Portuguese)
n. - trigo (m) seco e moído

Русский (Russian)
сваренная, высушенная и перемолотая пшеница

Español (Spanish)
n. - sémola, flor de harina, trigo entero molido, parcialmente cocido y secado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spannmålsmåltid

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
保加利亚人, 保加利亚语

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 保加利亞人, 保加利亞語

한국어 (Korean)
n. - Bulgar의 다른 형태

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ブルグア

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) برغل, نوع من الحنطه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בורגול - מאכל מחיטה שלמה מבושלת ומיובשת‬

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