Pinto Bean Stew (Zeytinyagli Barbunya)

2 lb pinto beans

1 big onion, chopped

1 ½ cup tomatoes, diced

2 carrots, cut into cubes

1/3 -½ cup olive oil

1-2 green pepper, chopped

1 Tbsp salt to taste

3-4 cups hot water

Fresh parsley or dill for top

Take onion and olive oil in a pot and sauté over medium heat for about 3 minutes. Then, stir in peppers and cook for a few minutes. Add carrots and sauté for 3-4 minutes.

Stir in tomatoes and cook for about 3-4 minutes or until they get crushed. And then, add pinto beans. Cook for about 5-6 minutes stirring occasionally. Add hot water and salt to taste. Bring to a boil and close the lid. Cook over low-medium heat until pinto beans are soft.

Take Pinto Bean Stew into serving plates and serve with fresh parsley or dill on top.

ENJOY

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TURKCE

1 kg barbunya

1 buyuk boy sogan, dogranmis

1 ½ su bardagi domates, kup seklinde dogranmis

2 havuc, kup seklinde dogranmis

1/3-1/2 su bardagi zeytinyagi

1-2 yesil biber, dogranmis

1 yemek kasigi tuz

3-4 su bardagi sicak su

Uzeri icin taze maydanoz ya da dereotu

Tencereye zeytinyagi ve sogani alin. Orta ateste yaklasik 3 dakika kadar sote edin ve biberleri ilave edin. Bir kac dakika soteledikten sonra havuclari ilave edin. Yaklasik 3-4 dakika soteleyin ve domatesleri ekleyin.

Domatesler ezilene dek yaklasik 3-4 dakika pisirin. Barbunyayi ilave edin ve ara sira karistirarak 5 -6 dakika kadar pisirin. Sicak su ve tuzu ilave edin. Kaynayinca kapagini kapatin ve kisik ateste barbunyalar yumusayana dek pisirin.

Servis tabaklarina alin ve uzerini maydanoz ya da dereotu ile susleyerek servis yapin.

AFIYET OLSUN


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Shelled Fava Beans with Olive Oil (Zeytinyagli Bakla)

1 lb shelled fava beans, chopped

1 medium onion, chopped

1 medium tomato, diced

1 tsp tomato paste

2-3 Tbsp olive oil

1 tsp salt to taste

1/3 cup hot water

1/3 cup fresh dill, chopped

Take olive oil and onions into a pot and sauté over medium heat until onions get translucent. Stir in shelled fava beans that you’ve chopped at any size you like. Cook over medium heat stirring occasionally until they change in color. Add tomato paste and tomato. Saute for 3-4 minutes. Then, add salt and hot water. Bring to a boil. Close the lid and simmer over low-medium heat until the shelled fava beans get soft (for about 30 minutes).

Add chopped dill and give a stir. Close the lid and let it sit for 10-15 minutes.

Serve with either yogurt or garlic yogurt.

ENJOY

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TURKCE

½ kg bakla, dogranmis

1 orta boy, sogan, dogranmis

1 orta boy, domates

1 tatli kasigi salca

2-3 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi

1 tatli kasigi tuz

1/3 su bardagi sicak su

1/3 su bardagi, dere otu, dogranmis

Once tencereye zeytinyagini alin ve sogani orta ateste pembelesene dek kavurun. Ardindan arzu ettiginiz gibi dogradiginiz baklalari ilave edin. Ara sira karistirarak baklalar renk degistirene dek kavurun. Salca ve domatesi ilave edin ve yine 3-4 dakika kadar kavurun. Sonra, tuz ve sicak suyu ilave edin. Karistirin ve kaynamaya baslayinca kapagini kapati. Kisik ateste baklalar yumusayana dek, yaklasik yarim saat pisirin.

Pistikten sonra, dereotunu ilave edip karistirin ve kapagini kapatarak 10-15 dakika dinlendirin.

Yaninda yogurt veya sarimsakli yogurt ile servis yapin.

Afiyet Olsun

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Shepherd Salad (Coban Salatasi)

2 tomatoes, diced
1 cucumber, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped (optional)
Fresh parsley (optional)
Fresh dill (optional)
½ cup crumbled feta cheese (optional)
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp vinegar
½ tsp salt

Mix the olive oil, vinegar and salt in a bowl. Then place the other ingredients in a salad plate and mix them all. (You can chop the cucumbers or onions, in any size you like). Then add the oil-vinegar mixture and mix them all.
You can garnish the shepherd salad with black olives.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
2 domates, dogranmis
1 salatalik, dogranmis
1 kucuk sogan, dogranmis
1 yesil carliston/ sivri biber, dogranmis (istege bagli)
Taze maydanoz (istege bagli)
Taze dereotu (istege bagli)
½ su bardagi ufalanmis ya da kup kup kesilmis beyaz peynir (istege bagli)
2 yemek kasigi sizma zeytin yagi
1 yemek kasigi sirke
1 cay kasigi tuz

Kucuk bir kasede sizma zeytinyagi , tuz ve sirkeyi karistirin. Sonra diger malzemeleri salata tabagina alin. (Salatalik, sogan ve domatesleri istediginiz sekil ve buyuklukte dograyabilirsiniz.) Uzerine zeytinyagi-sirke karisimini ilave edip, karistirin.
Coban salatasini siyah zeytin ile susleyebilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN!


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Radish Salad With Carrot (Havuclu Turp Salatasi)

1 carrot, washed and peeled
5-6 radishes, stems cut and washed
¼ tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
½ tsp sumac (optional)
Black olives and fresh parsley for garnish

Wash carrot, peel and grate. Also cut the stems of the radishes and wash them. Cut the radishes in half moon shapes, forming 4-6 slices from a radish. Place the carrot and radish to a plate. In a bowl, mix the olive oil, salt and lemon juice. Then pour it on the salad and stir the salad. You can sprinkle sumac on top (optional).
Garnish with the parsley and black olives.
ENJOY
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TURKCE
1 havuc, yikanip soyulmus
5-6 kucuk kirmizi turp, saplari kesilip, yikanmis
½ cay kasigi tuz
2 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
2 yemek kasigi limon suyu
1 cay kasigi sumak (istege bagli)
Suslemek icin siyah zeytin ve taze maydanoz

Havucu yikayip, soyun ve rendeleyin. Turplarin saplarini kesin ve yikayin. Bir turptan 4-6 dilim elde edecek sekilde dilimleyin. Havuc ve turplari bir salata tabagina alin ve karistirin. Bir kasede limon suyu, tuz, zeytinyagini karistirin ve salatanin uzerine dokup karistirin. Arzu ederseniz uzerine sumak serpebilirsiniz.
Maydanoz ve siyah zeytin ile susleyebilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN


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