Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Green Beans with Olive Oil (Zeytinyagli Yesil Fasulye)

1 lb green beans, fresh/frozen cut in 2-3
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp tomato paste
1 tomato, diced
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt to taste
½ tsp sugar
¼ tsp black pepper (optional)
½-1 cup hot water

In a pot, sauté onions with olive oil. Then add tomato paste and tomatoes, sauté over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. And then stir in green beans. If you use fresh green beans, wash them and drain. Cut them in French style or 1 inch pieces. If using frozen beans, just add them into the pot. Do not thaw them.
Cook the green beans for a couple of minutes and then stir in salt, sugar and hot water. Close the lid and simmer over low heat till the green beans are cooked.
Sprinkle some black pepper on top (optional), before serving.
ENJOY
***This is a vegetarian dish.

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TURKCE
½ kg yesil fasulye, taze/dondurulmus, 2-3'e kesilmis
1 sogan, dogranmis
1 tatli kasigi domates salcasi
1 domates, dogranmis
3 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
1 tatli kasigi tuz
1 cay kasigi seker
½ cay kasigi karabiber (istege bagli)
½-1 su bardagi sicak su

Bir tencerede sogan ile zeytinyagini kavurun. Sonra domates salcasi ve domatesi ilave edin ve orta ateste 2-3 dakika daha kavurup yesil fasulyeyi ilave edin. Eger taze fasulye kullaniyorsaniz guzelce yikayip dograyin.  Dondurulmus fasulyeyi cozundurmeden direk tencereye koyun.
Yesil fasulyeleri de bir kac dakika kavurun. Son olarak tuz, seker ve suyu ilave edin ve kapagini kapatarak kisik ateste yesil fasulyeler pisene dek pisirin.
Servis yapmadan once karabiber serpebilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN
***Bu bir vejeteryan tarifidir.

1 comment:

My Turkish Kitchen said...

En cok sevdigim sebze yemegidir kendisi, ne kadar da taze gorunuyor.
Iffet