How to Make Bulgur Wheat: An Illustrated Guide

Bulgur is simply sprouted, dried wheat, coursely ground or cracked.

If you have never made bulgur, you'll be pleasantly surprised at how little time and effort is involved. If you have access to bulk wheat with which to make bulgur, you'll wonder why you've been paying so much for those dinky little packages of bulgur wheat at the store.

Here is what you'll need to make your first batch of bulgur:

• Wheat berries
• Pure, drinking-quality water
• A sprouting jar, or a glass jar with a loose-woven cloth to fasten over the top with a rubberband
• A jellyroll tray on which to dry the sprouted wheat
• A grain grinder, or other method of cracking the finished bulgur

• A warm (not hot) oven with the door propped open
• A sunny picnic table, in summer (slide tray into a pillow case to keep insects off and to keep the wheat from blowing away)
• A food dehydrator
• The top of a wood stove, with the tray placed on a rack

If you will not be using your batch of bulgur immediately, store it in an airtight container until use.

When ready to use, simply crack the grain in a grain grinder, and you're ready to cook.