Tomato freekeh

Name: Tomato freekeh
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Saudi Arabian
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 600-700 ml hot vegetable stock, mixed with 3 tbsp tomato purée; 4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed; 1 medium onion, peeled, halved and finely chopped; 100 g butter; 150 g freekeh, soaked in water for 2 hours; 4 tomatoes

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mark Hix on Baking

By Mark Hix

Published 2012

About

This is rather like a rice pilaf but made with freekeh, a lightly roasted green wheat that is often used in Arabic and Egyptian cooking. It is delicious served either hot or warm as a colourful garnish for fish or meat, while topped with pieces of fried haloumi it makes a great vegetarian alternative.

Ingredients

4 tomatoes
150 g freekeh, soaked in water for 2 hours
100 g

Asia
Africa
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Garnish
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Spicy

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Cut the tomatoes into roughly 1 centimetre dice. Set aside. Rinse and drain the freekeh.

Melt 60 g of the butter in an oven-proof dish, add th