crushed red pepper, ground pepper salt, cinnamon, mustard powder, chile powder, cumin, figs and apricots to the pan.
Cook and stir ingredients for a few seconds.
Add water to the pan and remove from stove.
Place cooked bulgur into a mixing bowl.
Add ingredients from pan to the bowl.
Add almonds to the bowl and mix everything together.
Place one tablespoon oil into a hot pan.
Add bulgur mix to the pan.
Press bulgur down with you hands to make a large, compressed bulgur cake.
Let bulgur cook and sizzle on the stove for a minute.
Place pan into oven for 18 minutes.
Remove pan from oven.
Use a large spoon to transfer bulgur to a serving platter.
Garnish bulgur with mint or parsley and serve.
New Taste Thinking:
Bulgur wheat is not very well known to most people. The funny thing is that we all know about white flour and whole wheat flour. These flours are both make from the wheat grain. Bulgur wheat is that exact same wheat grain. Instead of being ground up to make flour, the grain is boiled, dried and crushed to make bulgur wheat. You will notice that bulgur is similar to rice and can be used as a side dish instead of rice. Bulgur has a wonderful flavor and a nice chewy texture.
