Loubia with Bulgur

Ingredients

• Half a kilo (500 g) fine green beans, trimmed and washed
• 1 large dry onion, chopped
• Vegetable oil
• 3 large ripe tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup coarse brown bulgur
• 1 cup hot water
• Salt
• Hot pepper to taste
• This Loubia with Bulgur recipe is from our friend and cook on the "What's Cooking Today" site:
• Fatima Jammoul
• Click Fatima's name to visit her page on our site and discover her delicious recipes.
• Click the following link for Fatima's kofta and potatoes with rice recipe: Kofta and Potatoes with Rice
• For more of Fatima's tasty recipes, try Spinach Stew with Rice
• Armenian-style Fasting Eggplant is another super-tasty vegetarian recipe... click the link.

Method

1. In a pot, sauté the chopped onion in oil until it turns slightly golden
2. Add the trimmed and washed green beans and sauté, cover the pot and stir every so often
3. When the green beans soften, add the chopped tomato and stir a little
4. When the tomato softens, add hot water and the bulgur
5. Cover the pot again and leave it over medium heat until the green beans with bulgur are cooked — bulgur usually needs 15 to 20 minutes
6. Fatima Jammoul
7. Click the following link to make Fatima's kofta with potatoes and rice
8. For more of Fatima's tasty recipes, here is Spinach stew and rice
9. Fasting-style eggplant Armenian-style from our super-tasty vegetarian recipes... click the link