Bulgur with Tomatoes

Ingredients

• 2 cups coarse bulgur, brown or white
• 3 onions
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 green sweet pepper
• 2 zucchini - optional
• 5 red tomatoes
• 4 cups water
• 1 tablespoon sweet pepper paste
• Salt
• This delicious recipe is from our friend and cook at Shou Tabkhin El Youm:
• Wotfa Hani Rahal
• Click on her name to visit her personal page on our site
• For more of Wotfa's delicious recipes, here is Frozen Okra Stew
• Also from Wotfa's kitchen, here is Mashed Mujaddara

Method

1. Chop the onion and sauté it in the pot with olive oil until it softens.
2. Add the chopped pepper and zucchini and stir until the vegetables soften.
3. Add the finely chopped or pureed tomatoes, tomato paste, water, pepper molasses and salt.
4. Stir gently and let the water come to a boil.
5. Reduce the heat after the water boils, add the bulgur and stir.
6. Cover the pot and simmer over low heat until the bulgur is cooked, about 20 minutes.
7. Watafa Hani Rahal
8. For more of Watafa's delicious recipes, here is the Frozen Okra Stew link.
9. Also from Watafa's kitchen, here is the mashed mujaddara (mujaddara makhbousa).