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Turkish White Beans (Kuru fasulye) Dish Recipe
Every city of Anatolia (Turkey) has many special and unique foods in Turkey. We can say that, Anatolian cuisine is very unique cuisine among the cuisines of world. Like cuisine of Mediterranean, Anatolian Cuisine (Turkish Cuisine) also offers a very healthy life for everyone. Shortly, Turkish food, and Turkish food recipes make happy to rveryone. Ispir is very cute and very generous town of Erzurum city. Region is very mountainous region but it offers very unique and healthy vegetables and legumes. It is very close to Erzurum city (it is nearly 2 hours drive a way) and its white beans (white kidney beans) are of a very unique variety. The reason we mentioned about the Ispir was because of white dried beans/White kidney beans/Kuru fasulye. We call it "Kuru Fasulye" (Dried White Beans: in Turkish: Kuru Fasulye). Kuru Fasulye (Turkish) or Fasolada (Greek) is a dish made of white dried beans with vegetables in a stew or yummy soup like, tomatoes sauce. This meal is so yummy and so easy to make by everyone. When you ask that "what kind of beans are white beans?" Our answer is! Ofcourse our unique "Ispir Sugar White Beans!" Ispir White Beans are very famous and are known "Organic White Beans" throughout the Turkey. Also, Erzincan city's white beans/white kidney beans (Brand of Dermason Kuru fasulye) are the another famous and popular beans throughout the Turkey too. We like both of brands, but we often cook "Ispir White Beans". You may like our Borlotti-beans-in-olive-oil-dish-recipe
In this post, we are sharing our very special and popular "White Beans Dish - white beans recipe" to you. We are sure that you like it when you try and taste it. White beans/White kidney beans (Kuru Fasulye) are one of those very healthier vegetables packed with nutrients that make them a worth while ingredient. Their subtle taste is ideal for stews. You may like our Chickpeas-with-beef-stew-recipe.
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White beans are our favourite childhood dish. If you ask that "what are white beans called?" in Turkey. Our answer is : "in Turkish: Kuru fasulye+Pilav+Turşu/Salata" or in English: Turkish White beans dish+Pilaf/rice dish combination +Turkish Pickle/salad. Our grandmothers and mothers used them to cook this meal in winter. Most of Turkish people think that they cant live without this dish. There is no way we would let 10 days or 2 weeks pass by without we making a pot of white beans dish (Kuru fasulye). We eat it for dinner. Plus, many friends of us eat it for dinner then take the left over to work for lunch. You may like our No-yeast-cotton-soft-bread-recipe
What is Turkish Famous Ispir White Beans/White Kidney Beans?
As you know, legumes are very useful and healthy foods for the human organism. White Dried Beans or White Kidney Beans, like all dried legumes, are among the most protein-rich plant-based foods. Everyone knows white beans nutrition. Also, they contain no fat, but they are very nutritious. These two characteristics provide major health benefits, contributing to a balanced, low-cost diet. Our Ispir White Beans are very unique and are known very organic beans throughout the region. It is also called Ispir Sugar Beans. It is first quality tiny beans harvested from different regions in Turkey. But its hometown is Ispir town in the Erzurum city. It is a white and round shape beans and cultivated in black sea and mostly in Erzurum-İspir regions. It is mostly preferred because it is an extraordinary delicious. Bye the way, it is almost impossible to find a package of Ispir Sugar Beans outside of the Turkey. But, it is found on the online Turkish groceries. You may like our Steak-and-potatoes-one-pot-dish-recipe.
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How to Make Turkish White Beans (Kuru fasulye) Dish?
White beans dish is very popular dish throughout the Anatolia. Also, preparing of Turkish White Beans (Kuru fasulye) Dish Recipe is very easy not diffucult. They are inexpensive and available all year round in Turkey. You can find it in all Turkish grocerries. You may like our Mixed-cabbage-slaw-recipe. Because it goes well this meal.
Especially, Turkish white beans and rice combination (or white beans with rice dish) is the traditional Turkish meal (in Turkish, we call it: Kuru Fasulye + Pilav). White beans and rice combibation is to us (Turkish people) what sushi is to Japans, or what pizza or pasta is to Italians. There are many dried white beans recipes in the region of Anatolia. You can cook white beans with stew beef, or stew lamb, also you can cook white beans with ground meat, or bacon (Turkish pastrami), or soujuk/Turkish sausage (Sucuk). Generally, Turkish people' favorite white beans dish (kuru fasulye) is with bacon/pastrami (Pastırmalı Kuru Fasulye). But, today, we are sharing our Turkish White Beans (Kuru Fasulye) with ground beef dish's recipe. How-to-make-best-potato-salad-recipe.
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| Ingredients of dried white beans dish |
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| Soak white beans in water over night |
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| Tomato paste or pepper paste make your white beans dish yummy |
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Recipe of Turkish White Beans (Kuru fasulye) Dish
This dish's recipe is very easy. Very traditional version of Turkish white beans would definitely have stew meat, beef or lamb. But, we used ground beef in this recipe. If you are a vegetarion person, you can replace meat with the chopped green peppers.
Here it is our Turkish White Beans (Kuru fasulye) Dish's recipe - how to cook white beans?;
Serve: 4 servings, Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes, Cooking Time: 30-35 minutes, Cuisine: Mediterranean/Anatolian Cuisine,
Very good family favourite;
Ingredients:
- 2 Cups or 400-500 gr Turkish Ispir Sugar White Beans, (or any brand white beans/white kidney beans),
- 250-300 gr Ground beef (or ground lamb, or mutton),
-3 Tablespoons olive oil or butter, (in this recipe, we used 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter),
- 1 Tablespoon tomato paste, (if you want, you can use pepper paste instead of tomato paste),
-1 or 2 Normal size onions, chopped,
- 1 Normal size tomatoes, cut into very small cubes, (it is optional),
- 1 or 2 Cups of water,
- 1 Teaspoon Red pepper flakes to taste,
- 1 Teaspoon ground black pepper to taste,
- 1 Teaspoon salt to taste,
Preparation:
- First of all, soak your white beans in water over night and then the next day, boil them until soft or pressure cook dried beans for 35-40 minutes.
- Then, heat your olive oil and butter in a pot and sauté the onions until they are soft and translucent.
- Then, add your ground meat (Beef/Lamb or Mutton meat), raise the heat to high and continue sautéing for a few more minutes or cook until the meat changes its color. This process takes nearly 7-8 minutes. Then, add tomato paste and stir for another 2 or 3 minutes.
- Pour in first beans, then tomatoes, and then water until the water level is 1,5 cm (nearly 1/2 inch) above the beans. Add salt, ground black pepper, and red pepper flakes to taste. Stir once or twice very gentle (please watch out that not to smash beans, while stirring). Cover and simmer on low heat for 25-30 minutes.
- Serve with rice, especially on top of rice.
- Maybe you wonder that "what are white beans good for?" Here it is our answer: Turkish Style white beans (Kuru fasulye) and rice/pilaf combination are awesome with pickled vegetables like mixed vegetables, white cabbage, carrots, cornishons etc.
ENJOY!
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| Turkish pickles or salads go well with this dish |
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| Turkish style white beans and rice/pilaf combination are awesome |
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Please let us know how this "Turkish White Beans (Kuru fasulye) Dish Recipe" turns out for you in the comments. We are always so eager to hear from you.
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