Purkouri

Name: Purkouri (Cracked Wheat)
Yield: Serves 4–6 as a Side Dish
Ingredients: 200 g (7 oz) tinned tomatoes, chopped; 265 g (1½ cups) burghul (bulgar) wheat; 1 teaspoon paprika; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 300 g (1¼ cups) plain greek yoghurt, to serve; 1 red onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, chopped

Cracked Wheat

Preparation info

Serves
4–6
as a Side Dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Falling Cloudberries

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2004

About

This is good as part of a vegetarian meal, or instead of rice or potatoes with something like a simple grilled (broiled) chicken breast. You might like to serve it with a splash of chilli oil.

Ingredients

4 tablespoons olive oil
1 red onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, cho

Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Heat the oil in a heavy-based saucepan. Sauté the onion until soft and lightly golden, then add the garlic. Cook until you can smell it before adding the tomatoes. Cook for a few minutes until it is bubbling nicely. Add the wheat, season with salt and pepper and mix through. Add the paprika and 750 ml