DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Çayeli Kuru Fasulye
Also known as: Çayeli Beans, Rize Kuru Fasulye
Çayeli white-bean dish with beef, butter and tomato paste.

About Çayeli Kuru Fasulye
Çayeli kuru fasulye is the bean-and-beef preparation documented for Çayeli in Rize. The official regional specification uses large white şeker beans and lean beef from the leg, with butter, onion and tomato paste.
Butter enriches the sauce around the beans, while beef and onion provide savoury flavour. Tomato paste gives the short ingredient list its concentrated vegetable base, with salt as the named seasoning.
The finished dish contains beans and pieces of beef in sauce. The specification presents it on a shallow porcelain plate, with pilav, yogurt, raw onion and pickles offered as optional accompaniments.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Çayeli Kuru Fasulye
Çayeli’s officially documented şeker-bean and beef-leg dish.
- Dried white şeker beansBase
- Lean beef legProtein
- Filtered butterCooking medium
- OnionAromatic
- Tomato pasteBase
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- PilavAccompaniment · Optional serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- YogurtAccompaniment · Optional serving · Optional
- Raw onionAccompaniment · Optional serving · Optional
- PicklesAccompaniment · Optional serving · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Dried white şeker beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader white-bean link; local şeker variety/large form retained, no exact cultivar equivalence claimed.
- Lean beef leg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader beef identity; source dana/tosun adult leg option, not calf-only veal.
- Filtered butter: Milk. Strained, sediment-free form explicit; not automatically ghee.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit soaking, separate bean/meat boiling, rinsing and sauce media combined; no quantity invented.
- Pilav (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named pilav; grain/full formula unspecified, not assumed rice or bulgur.
- Yogurt (optional): Milk. Standard dairy yogurt identity, exact species/formula unknown.
- Raw onion (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Separate optional raw service allocation.
- Pickles (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Turşu vegetable/formula unspecified, not assumed cucumber.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Türkiye
- TürkiyeCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Rize Cuisine
- Laz CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.