easy bulgur salad

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Bulgur salad with tahini dressing.

salad has blanched limas and radicchio

 

 

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Bulgur Wheat Salad with Tahini Dressing

 

Recipe By :Victoria Simister

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:15

Categories : Easy Grains

Salads and Dressings

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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SALAD:

8 7/8 ounces bulgur

2 1/8 cups boiling water

8 7/8 ounces frozen baby lima beans -- or other broad bean

2 5/8 ounces radicchio -- shredded

1 small red onion -- finely chopped

2 celery stalks -- chopped

2 5/8 tablespoons fresh mint -- chopped

1 3/4 tablespoons pumpkin seeds -- toasted

DRESSING:

2 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste)

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

5 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 teaspoon sugar

salt and black pepper

pita bread round (optional) -- to serve

 

Put bulgur in a large bowl and pour over the boiling water. Stir and leave to

stand for about 30 minutes until all the water has been absorbed.

 

Meanwhile, add the broad beans and radicchio to a pan of boiling water and

blanch for 3 to 4 minutes. Drain and cool under cold water, then stir into the

bulgur wheat.

 

To make the dressing, mix together the tahini, vinegar, olive oil, sugar and

seasoning.

 

Add the onion, celery and mint to the bulgur wheat,m pour over the dressing and

mix thoroughly. Sprinkle the pumpkin seeds over and serve with warm pita bread.

 

Source:

" BBC Vegetarian (Arpil 1998) "

Start to Finish Time:

" 0:45 "

 

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Per serving: 551 Calories (kcal); 25g Total Fat; (38% calories from fat); 17g

Protein; 72g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 81mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 4 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 4 1/2

Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

 

NOTES : Quantities are approximately: they were converted from metric.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4647 0 5243 0 0 0 0 2130706543

 

 

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