Pounded Wheat Pilaf With Vegetable

     Pounded wheat Pilaf is a traditional dish in Turkish cousine. The nutritional value of this dish is high.   Pounded wheat  is yummy, healty and  nutritive  through folic acid. Especially it is good for pregnants and young people.

 Try pounded wheat like this:

Ingredients:

•          3 middle size potatoes
•          3 middle size tomatoes
•          2 green peppers
•          1 tbsp tomato paste
•          7-8 tbsp olive oil
•          A pinch of salt
•          A pinch of red pepper
•          1 cup pounded wheat
•          ½  cup hot water

Recipe:

Fill the kettle with water and boil. Peel the potatoes. Wash and chop as size of a hazelnut.  Put the oil in a pot . Then wash the green peppers and before dicing discard the seed of peppers. Peel the tomatoes and chop small piecess. Put the pot on fire. Roast the choped potatoes in oil 10 minutes. Put the green peppers the same pot and roast 5 minutes together.  Stir it untit they roast. After that put the choped tomatoes in it. Stir it three or four times. Add tomato paste in it.  And stir itr again. Put a pinch of salt and red pepper. Cook the souce until the tomatoes boil down the .

Add the pounded wheat to this sauce. And pour the hot water in it. Cook the mixture in low heat. After  pounded wheat boiled down turn off the fire. It will be served 5 minutes later. Enjoy it!

P.S: It may be necessary some extra hot water due to the kind of pounded wheat. You can add some extra hot water in if it doesn’t get soft.