Duru Ready Bulgur Pilaf with Butter, 250g x 4 Pack – Heat & Eat, 100% Natural, Non-GMO, BPA Free, No Trans Fat, No Preservatives

Bulgur pilaf with tomato, in the broad Levantine and Turkish tradition that also gives us dishes like mujaddara, is one of my favorite comfort foods, but making it properly takes close to an hour and a level of weeknight motivation I simply do not always have. This is where this pouch really shines. It’s ready to heat, deeply nutty and hearty, with a buttery flavor that’s present but not heavy or greasy. It uses whole bulgur that looks more like barley rather than the cracked bulgur you see in mujaddara, which gives it a nice chew and makes it feel substantial. It pairs well with beans, roasted vegetables, grilled meat, or honestly just eaten straight with a little yogurt on the side. The butter taste makes this very kid-friendly! Expiration on my pack is 7/2027, which is awesome.It comes in a microwaveable pouch, but please, for the love of god, don’t microwave plastic. Just dump it into a glass bowl and heat it like a functional adult, or warm it on the stove. The only real downside for me was shipping; it took about four months to arrive, which was annoying, though others seem to have received theirs much faster, so that may have been a fluke. All that said, this is an excellent pantry grain for nights when I want something filling and familiar but absolutely do not have the bandwidth to make bulgur pilaf from scratch.