Grains, Rice & Legumes

The Turkish dry pantry: bulgur in fine and coarse cuts, rice for pilaf, lentils, chickpeas and dried beans.

Buy the sizes you actually cook with — bulgur and legumes keep well in a sealed jar.

Turkish Grains, Rice and Legumes

Grains, rice and legumes are the backbone of the Turkish kitchen and the cheapest way to eat well. This collection carries the varieties that recipes actually call for: coarse and fine bulgur for pilav and kisir, Baldo and Osmancik rice for buttery pilav, red and green lentils, chickpeas, dried white beans, freekeh, couscous and cracked wheat. Turkish bulgur in particular is parboiled and dried before cracking, which is why it cooks in minutes and holds a separate grain instead of turning to porridge.

Cooking pilav and legumes well

Rinse rice until the water runs clear, then soak it briefly in warm salted water to firm the grain before cooking. Bulgur needs no rinsing at all, only the right ratio of hot stock and ten minutes covered off the heat. Soak dried beans and chickpeas overnight and salt them only once they are tender, or the skins toughen.

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Every Grains, Rice & Legumes item on this page comes from an established producer and is checked on arrival, so what reaches your kitchen matches what you would pick up from a good grocer in Istanbul or Izmir. If a particular Grains, Rice & Legumes product you remember is missing, send us a message and we will look at adding it to the next container.