Cracked Wheat With Tomatoes (burghul Bi Banadoura)

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains	Arab		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Burghul, cracked wheat
1 1/2	c	Ground or minced meat
2	c	Peeled ripe tomatoes
1	c	Minced onions
1	c	Samneh, or other shortening
1/4	c	Pine nuts
1 1/2	t	Salt
1/2	t	Pepper
1/4	t	Cinnamon

INSTRUCTIONS

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. Meatless variation: Saute
onions and pine nuts. Add tomatoes and cook into a sauce. Add burghul
as above. Other variations: Substitute olive oil for samneh. Fry
onions. Omit tomatoes, but add equal amount of water. Add burghul.
Serve this tepid. Substitute marrow squash or eggplant for the
tomatoes. Especially good for children. Substitute rice for burghul.
(From Food from the Arab World Marie Karam Khayat and Margaret Clark
Keatinge, Khayat's, Beirut 1959)  Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V97
#011, by Daniella De Picciotto  <daniela@dialdata.com.br> on Mon, 13
Jan 1997.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 723 Calories From Fat: 268 Total Fat: 31.4g Cholesterol: 178.5mg Sodium: 4337.4mg Potassium: 1892.6mg Carbohydrates: 39.8g Fiber: 9.4g Sugar: 19.4g Protein: 75.4g