Cracked wheat grains, often used in Middle Eastern dishes. Also called bulgur wheat.
[Ottoman Turkish bulğur, from Arabic burġul, burġūl, from Persian barghūl.]
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[Ottoman Turkish bulğur, from Arabic burġul, burġūl, from Persian barghūl.]
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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.
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[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.
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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
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| 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 |
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Bulgur (also bulghur or burghul)[1](from Turkish bulgur [2], known as πλιγούρι, pligoúri, in Greek, bollgur in Albanian and as burghul (برغل) in Arabic) is a cereal food made from several different wheat species, but most often from durum wheat.
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Bulgur for human consumption is usually sold parboiled, dried and de-branned. Bulgur is sometimes confused with cracked wheat, which is crushed wheat grain that has not been parboiled. Although traditionally de-branned, whole-grain, high-fiber bulgur and cracked wheat can be found in natural food stores. Bulgur is a common ingredient in Turkish, Middle Eastern, Indian and Mediterranean dishes. It has a light, nutty flavor.
Bulgur can be used in pilafs, soups, bakery goods, or as stuffing. It is also a main ingredient in tabbouleh salad and kibbeh. Its high nutritional value makes it a good substitute for rice or couscous. In Indian cuisine, bulgur or daliya is also used as a cereal with milk and sugar.
In Turkey, it is prepared as pilaf in chicken stock, with or without sauteed noodles, or cooked with tomatoes, onions and red pepper. A variety of mezes and main dishes are also prepared with bulgur such as çiğ köfte, içli köfte, kısır and ezogelin soup. In Cyprus it is used to make koupes (also known as bulgur koftesi), a variety of kibbeh. It also forms the base of a soup, tarhana, which is made with yogurt to which hellim/halloumi has been added.
Bulgur is more nutritious than rice and couscous, because it contains more fiber, more vitamins and minerals, and has a better glycemic index than white rice or couscous [3]. Bulgur has a glycemic index of 46.
100 grams unprepared bulgur contains approximately:
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| Translations: 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
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) برغل, نوع من الحنطه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בורגול - מאכל מחיטה שלמה מבושלת ומיובשת
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