Preparing wheat berries from Haji Baba, attempt 1

by Don  

I discovered that Haji Baba has wheat berries at a reasonable price.  Deceived by the strawberry and goat cheese recipe,  I tried to do one cup of uncooked wheat berries for 45 minutes.  Had to keep adding water till I got up to 4 cups. 

Next time around, I'll start out with one cup of wheat berries, four cups of water, and one cube of vegetable bouillion (which normally flavors two cups of water) if it's a savory dish.  I'll set the timer to stir every 5 minutes.  At 45 minutes I'll check to see if they are yet al dente, and if not keep checking until the hour is up.

2022-11-15:  I had 1.5 cups of raw wheat berries, so I used a 4:1 ratio of water to wheat.  That was too much they got too soft even at 45 minutes, although still good.  Next time I'll try a 3.5:1 ratio.  If that doesn't work, I'll try 3:1.  It might be that the berries have some variation to their softness/wetness, so probably I'll have to keep testing somewhere between 30 and 45 minutes.


2022-11-21:  This time I tried 3 cups of water.  Once it got to a boil, I set the lower right burner to 3, which left it at a slow rolling boil.  The wheat was ready in 40 minutes.  I drained and rinsed in cool water to stop the cooking.  This was about perfect.

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