Bulgur wheat with herbs and pomegranate

Name: Bulgur wheat with herbs and pomegranate
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 200g bulgur wheat; 400ml boiling water; 3 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped; 2 tbsp fresh mint, chopped; 1 pomegranate, seeds only; 4 spring onions, sliced; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 lemon, juiced

Nutty bulgur wheat with parsley, mint, lemon and jewel-like pomegranate seeds.

Time25 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.47 a head

6 servings

Ingredients

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200 gbulgur wheat
400 mlboiling water
3 tbspfresh parsleychopped
2 tbspfresh mintchopped
1pomegranateseeds only
4spring onionssliced
3 tbspolive oil
1lemonjuiced

Method

1
Put the bulgur in a large bowl and pour over the boiling water. Cover and leave for 15 minutes until the grains are tender and the water is soaked up.
15 min
2
Fluff with a fork and leave to cool for 5 minutes.
3
Stir in the parsley, mint, spring onion and most of the pomegranate seeds.
4
Whisk the oil and lemon juice together and pour over. Season with black pepper.
5
Top with the remaining pomegranate seeds.

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