Bulgar wheat salad

Other recipes | Savory sauces and side dishes

Bulgar wheat salad

Based on Tomato avocado bulgar wheat salad. This is more detailed for my food processor.

Ingredients

• 240g (8oz) bulgur wheat, rinsed.
• 1 vegetable or chicken stock cube.
• 1 ripe avocado, halved and sliced.
• 1/2 cucumber, cut into half moons.
• 75g (3oz) radishes, thinly sliced.
• 1/2 x 31g pack fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped.
• 1/2 x 31g pack fresh basil, leaves only, half torn, half left whole.
• 1 cress punnet, trimmed.
• 2 x 425g packs amber and rosso vine-ripened tomatoes, halved.

Dressing

• 45ml light soy sauce.
• 1 lime, zested and juiced.
• 30ml rice wine vinegar.
• 10ml clear honey.
• 15ml water.

Directions

1. Put the bulgur wheat in a pan with the stock cube and cook following the pack instructions. Drain and set aside to cool a little.
2. Whisk the dressing together.
3. Put the avocado in a bowl and pour over the remaining lime juice.
4. Tip the bulgur wheat onto a serving platter, then top with the cucumber, lime zest, radishes, parsley, avocado, torn basil and cress.
5. Add the tomatoes, then drizzle over the dressing and scatter over the whole basil leaves.

Other recipes | Savory sauces and side dishes