I don’t know why I made this. The combination of ingredients is strange, the name isn’t particularly appetizing (it was originally called braised bulgur and cabbage) and it doesn’t look all that good, but I had all the ingredients so it was too easy to pass up. Did you ever make a recipe you were skeptical about but it wound up being way better than expected? We served this with leftover Chicken Chana Saag (chicken and chickpeas in a spinach and garlic sauce), which is one of our favorite Indian dishes, and expected this odd recipe to simply be filler to round out the meal. We were so wrong. I couldn’t stop eating it and finished it all before I even touched the Saag. There were crazy flavors going on that I can’t fully describe – there was sweetness, saltiness, and something else that was just plain delicious. This taught me to never judge a recipe by its recipe.
Ingredients:
Directions:
1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add quinoa (or bulgur), onion, cabbage, carrots and red pepper. Cook, stirring, until the vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add broth (or water), soy sauce, garlic powder and parsley and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until the quinoa/bulgur is tender and the broth is absorbed, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the peanuts and serve.