This recipe for flafleh mahshi bil burghol – bulgur stuffed peppers – from Heifa Odeh's new cookbook, Dine in Palestine, can be its own meal or a side to a protein such as pan-seared chicken. foodWTTW
Odeh grew up in New Jersey, the daughter of two Palestinian parents. Food was a big part of her upbringing.
“I was always intrigued by her in the kitchen. She lived in the kitchen, basically, just like I do now,” Odeh says. Now, people are coming over to Odeh’s kitchen in search of seconds. While many of the recipes in her cookbook are traditional ones that have been passed down over generations, many, like her brownie recipe, reflect her Palestinian-American identity and feature creative flavor combinations.
Below, Odeh shares one of her favorite vegetarian recipes from her cookbook, for flafleh mahshi bil burghol—stuffed peppers with bulgur and herb yogurt. She says the recipe is flexible: it can be its own meal, or a side to a protein such as pan-seared chicken. “I used almost the same approach that I did as a teacher to high school students learning English that I do with the cooking and baking—teaching people how to feel more comfortable and confident in the kitchen,” Odeh says. “I really think if you follow the way I present my recipes, they're very approachable.”In Palestinian cuisine, bulgur can often be found as a substitute for rice.
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