{"id":18878,"date":"2014-09-01T21:36:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T01:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=18878"},"modified":"2020-09-06T22:54:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T02:54:19","slug":"cracked-wheat-salad-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/cracked-wheat-salad-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cracked Wheat Salad Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/craked-wheat-salad.jpg\" alt=\"craked wheat-salad\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/craked-wheat-salad.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/craked-wheat-salad-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cracked wheat mixed with veggies and perfectly seasoned, a truly delicious Summer salad&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the cracked wheat that was sitting comfortably in my pantry, I had to ask myself this question:\u00a0how can I turn cracked wheat into something delicious??? I&#8217;d tried making <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/cracked-wheat-chicken-pilaf-bulgar-pilaf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cracked wheat chicken pilaf<\/a> before and loved it. I wasn&#8217;t up for making it again as I wanted to make something different. That&#8217;s when the thought of turning cracked wheat into a salad hit me real hard. It was a hot day, so salad sounded great. Also, I wanted to use up the cucumber and tomatoes that I&#8217;d harvested from my garden. so, I decided to combine cooked cracked wheat with cucumber and tomatoes and drizzled lemon juice over it.\u00a0I also added a little bit of sumac which imparted a slight sour taste to the salad. Finished it off with cilantro and mint leaves, now the salad got a refreshing uplift as well.<\/p>\n<p>Cracked wheat turned into a beautiful and refreshing salad, I couldn&#8217;t get over with this salad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Sumac?<\/strong> Sumac seasoning is commonly used in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine. Sumac is a shrub that grows widely in Mediterranean region. The red coloured berries from the plants are dried and powdered, it has a sour taste. It&#8217;s used as the seasoning in the popular\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/fattoush-arabian-salad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fattoush- Arabian salad.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cracked-wheat-salad.jpg\" alt=\"cracked wheat salad\" width=\"468\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cracked-wheat-salad.jpg 468w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cracked-wheat-salad-160x200.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\" data-rating=\"0\"> \t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/craked-wheat-salad.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Cracked Wheat Salad Recipe<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">Salad<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Thasneen<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Prep time: <time itemprop=\"prepTime\" datetime=\"PT5M\">5 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cook time: <time itemprop=\"cookTime\" datetime=\"PT15M\">15 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Total time: <time itemprop=\"totalTime\" datetime=\"PT20M\">20 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cracked wheat- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cucumber, chopped small- 1<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Tomatoes, diced small- 2 or 3<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cilantro, chopped- 1\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Mint leaves, chopped- 8 to 10 leaves<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Sumac- 2 tsp (you could replace with other seasonings)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Lemon juice- 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ground pepper- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- to taste<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Olive oil- 1 to 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a saucepan, cook 1 cup cracked wheat with 2 cups water till all the water has absorbed and the wheat has cooked well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Let the cooked cracked wheat cool down.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients along with the cooked cracked wheat.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Taste and add more salt or ground pepper according to your needs.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">You could add any kind of seasonings or dressings you want.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ERNotesHeader\">Notes<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNotes\">Make it into a full meal by adding cooked shredded chicken to the salad, Yum.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.5.3251<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cracked wheat mixed with veggies and perfectly seasoned, a truly delicious Summer salad&#8230; Looking at the cracked wheat that was sitting comfortably in my pantry, I had to ask myself this question:\u00a0how can I turn cracked wheat into something delicious??? I&#8217;d tried making cracked wheat chicken pilaf before and loved it. I wasn&#8217;t up for &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[741,421,419,28,18],"tags":[742,863],"class_list":["post-18878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cracked-wheat","category-fusion","category-mediterranean-by-cuisine","category-salad","category-vegetarian","tag-cracked-wheat-2","tag-sumac","course-salad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}