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Barbunya Pilaki
Turkish borlotti beans gently cooked with onion, carrot and tomato in olive oil, served cool with parsley and lemon.
About Barbunya Pilaki
Barbunya pilaki is a Turkish zeytinyağlı mezze of borlotti beans cooked in olive oil with tomato and onion. This profile follows Turkish cookery writer Özlem Warren's family version, which adds diced carrot and finishes the beans with parsley and lemon.
The beans are mellow and earthy against sweet onion, carrot and tomato. Olive oil gives the sauce a rounded richness, while a little sugar softens the acidity and lemon brings a bright, tangy finish.
Plump pink-brown beans and small carrot pieces sit in a light red tomato sauce with a soft sheen of olive oil. The beans remain tender but intact, and chopped parsley adds fresh green contrast.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
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Ingredients in Barbunya Pilaki
Özlem Warren's Carrot-and-Tomato Barbunya Pilaki.
- Dried borlotti beansPlump earthy bean base
- OnionSweet savoury aromatic
- CarrotsSweet vegetable body
- Canned chopped tomatoesLight tomato sauce
- Flat-leaf parsleyFresh green finish
- SugarBalances tomato acidity
- Olive oilRich braising medium
- WaterBraising liquid
- LemonBright serving acidity
- SaltSeasoning
- Black pepperPeppery seasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Dried borlotti beans: . Borlotti beans are also called cranberry beans; mapped to the established cranberry-bean route
- Onion:
- Carrots:
- Canned chopped tomatoes: . Plain canned chopped tomatoes map to the established tomato route
- Flat-leaf parsley:
- Sugar:
- Olive oil:
- Water:
- Lemon:
- Salt:
- Black pepper:
Origins & food traditions
Turkish cookery writer Özlem Warren identifies barbunya pilaki as a much-loved Turkish zeytinyağlı and supplies the complete borlotti-bean, tomato, onion and carrot recipe selected here. Her explanation also distinguishes the broader pilaki style and notes that the plainer bean, onion and tomato form is traditional, so this profile names the carrot version without claiming exclusivity.
Countries
- Türkiye
- TürkiyeCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Turkish Cuisine
- Turkish CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.