Pilaki Explained

Pilaki is a style of Turkish meze and may refer to several dishes that are cooked in a sauce made out of onion, garlic, carrot, potato, tomato or tomato paste, sugar, and olive oil. Beans prepared in this style (fasulye pilaki, with white beans, or barbunya pilaki,^[1] with borlotti beans) are served cold, garnished with parsley and slices of lemon. Fish pilaki is also a popular recipe. In Greek cuisine, this style is known as plaki. In Bulgarian cuisine the name is "plakiya".

See also

• Gigandes plaki, a similar Greek dish
• Piyaz, another Turkish bean dish
• Rajma, an Indian dish.
• Red beans and rice, a Louisiana Creole specialty.

Further reading

• The Sultan's Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook. Özcan Ozan. 2001. Periplus Editions. .
• Companion Guide to Istanbul and Around the Marmara. John Freely, Susan Glyn. 2000. The Companion Guide. .
• International Dictionary of Food & Cooking: Ingredients, Additives. Charles Gordon Sinclair. 1998. Taylor & Francis Cookery. .

External links

• Barbunya pilaki recipe

Notes and References

1. Book: Butcher . Sally . Veggiestan: A Vegetable Lover's Tour of the Middle East . October 6, 2011 . Pavilion Books . 978-1-86205-884-2 . 191 .