Cracked Wheat with Tomatoes [Burghul Bi Banadoora]:
Submitted by: Chef Anna | Date Added: 18 Jul 2010 Listed in: Lebanese Dishes . . . . . yield: ? active time: ? total time: ?
. . . . . added by: Madame Fahimeh cuisine: ?
Ingredients
• 2 cups burghul (cracked wheat)
• 1 1/2 cups ground or minced meat
• 2 cups peeled ripe tomatoes
• 1 cup minced onions
• 1 cup samneh (or other shortening)
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Preparation
• Wash burghul well and drain.
• Brown onions, meat and pine nuts in samneh or other shortening.
• Add chopped tomatoes and seasonings.
• Cook until tender.
• Add water as necessary to keep from burning.
• Remove a cup of this sauce.
• Add burghul to remainder.
• Cook over medium flame until burghul has softened.
• Lower flame to finish cooking.
• Melt samneh.
• Mix it carefully into burghul so that it will not become pasty.
• Add salt.
• Serve with the sauce.
Additional Notes
Its a good idea to have multiple pans going at one time to make the cook ... otherwise the 2 hours could turn into a half a day. :)
