Green Peas and Carrots with Olive Oil Dish

Green Peas Dish

   Turkish Style Green Peas, Carrots and Potatoes in Olive Oil (Zeytinyagli Taze Bezelye) Dish Recipe

         Todays technological world offers so many things to all humanity. Sothat, life is easier and more comfortable than the ancient times. Of course! The stiuation is the same for the foods and food marketing. Whatever food you want to do, you can find it in markets or groceries very easily in everytime. But, in old times or in our grandparents' time, the stiuation was different. According to our moms, dads, grand-parents; "If you need any food, you have to wait its season". Forexample; in winter, you want to eat watermelon. It is very easy to find it in today. You just go to any market or grocery in which close to your home. That is it! Yes! You can find it everywhere. But formerly, when you need a bowl of fruit salad that covers sumer fruits; such as strawberry, appricot, chery and watermelon or a bowl of famous Turkish sepherd salad that covers summer wegetables; such as tomatoes, green peppers and cucumbers. It is impossible to find all of them. You have to wait summer season. You may like our Fava-beans-with-olive-oil-recipe.

Green Peas and Carrots with Olive Oil Dish

       When we were children, we found everything in the markets or groceries at everytime. But our parents didn't let us to consume them until their times (seasons) came. We have grown up like this life style and now, we try to raise our children like that too. Because, we believe that the rhythmic lifestyle offers a healthy, long and happy life to people. According to Anthropologist; rhythmic lifestyle makes people healthy and happy, also offers a long life for them. They explain that if people enjoy their traditional foods and beverages and have no inclination to change it. They live high percentage of long and happy. Because, they have eaten the same meat, grains, vegetables, and fruits in correct times (ex: eating summer fruits or wegetables in summer times, foods of winter in winter times) from childhood to old age. You may like our Turkish-stuffed-eggplant-dish-recipe

Turkish Style Green Peas Dish

     Such a Beautiful Summer Dish: Green Peas and Carrots with Olive Oil Dish

       When the summer season comes, we run to cook summer foods; such as green beans dish, green bell peppers dish and green peas dish etc. Bye the way, last week we cooked a green peas dish (Green peas recipes - Turkish Style Green Peas, Carrots and Potatoes in Olive Oil (Zeytinyagli Taze Bezelye). You may like our Green-beans-with-olive-oil-tomato-sauce-dish-recipe

     Peas and carrots in olive oil dish (or in Turkish: Zeytinyağlı Taze Bezelye yemeği) is an incredibly healthy and tasty dish from Anatolian (Turkish) Cuisine. With the addition of potatoes, it is also quiet filling. We generally use fresh green pea for this dish. But, you can use either fresh garden peas for the dish or frozen. Maybe you think that; "why do peas and carrots go together?" We and most of our friends always cook peas and carrots together. We think; peas and carrots always get along together very well. And peas and carrots go together like a sock and a shoe. You may like our Leeks-carrots-and-rice-cooked-in-olive-dish-recipe

Green Peas Meal

    How to Make Turkish Style Green Peas, Carrots and Potatoes in Olive Oil (Zeytinyagli Taze Bezelye)

         Green peas and carrots with olive oil dish is one of the most common olive oil dish and popular recipe among the vegan recipes in the Anatolian (Turkish) Cuisine. Turkish people love it very much. It was usually made in the summer months when the peas are in season and deliciously fresh. However, with freezer becoming staple household people start to pod them and freeze for the winter months. But, we always prefer to fresh green peas in summer times. In Anatolia, we and many friends of us like to cook vegetarian style green peas dish (green peas + carrots + potatoes with olive oil). Actually, the green peas dish is made in three different ways; vegetarian, with ground meat (it is waste of peas if you ask us), and with stew beef. When it is made in the summer, this dish is usually accompanied by Tzatziki/Yogurt and Cucumbers Dip (cacık). You may like our Fresh-okra-in-olive-oil-recipe-okra-soup-recipe

Ingredients: peas dish

Fresh Green Peas 

Peas and Carrots go together like a sock and a shoe

Also potatoes add an extra flavour to dish

Heat the olive oil, then add onions, garlic, carrots and potatoes 

Tomato paste and pepper paste make this dish delicious

At the same time add peas into pot

Cook green peas nearly 1 hour

Green Peas and Carrots with olive oil dish

         Recipe of Turkish Style Green Peas, Carrots and Potatoes in Olive Oil (Zeytinyagli Taze Bezelye)

          Maybe you ask that; "how do you use frozen green peas?" We love using fresh peas for this dish. But you can definitely use frozen peas as well. If so, add your frozen peas to pot half an hour before you turn it off. Bye the way, we generally use frozen peas in winter times. You may like our Borlotti-beans-in-olive-oil-dish-recipe

         Here it us our very yummy Turkish Style Green Peas, Carrots and Potatoes in Olive Oil (Zeytinyagli Taze Bezelye) Dish's recipe;

         Serve: 4 - 6 servings, Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes, Cooking Time: 60 minutes, Food Type: 100% Vegetarian, Cuisine: Mediterranean/Anatolian Cuisine, 

         Very good family favourite;

         Ingredients: 

       - 1 kg Fresh Green peas or frozen peas, (we recommend that gresh green peas),

         - 1 Medium size carrot, diced or halved about 0,65cm - 1/4 inch thick,

     - 1 Medium size potatoes, peeled and diced, 

         - 1 Medium size onion, chopped,

         - 2-3 Cloves garlic, peeled and sliced,

         - 1 Tablespoon tomato paste and pepper paste, (if you want, you can use grated fresh tomayoes), 

         - A handful of parsley or dill, chopped,

         - 2 Tablespoons olive oil,

       - A pinch of ground black pepper to taste,        - A pinch of red flakes pepper to taste, 

       - A pinch of salt to taste, 

       Preparation: 

1. First of all, put your all ingredients on your work surface (work table). Then, heat olive oil in a cast iron pot or a heavy bottom pot on medium heat. Then, add your chopped onion, sliced garlic, diced carrots and potatoes and fry until they are soft (this process takes nearly 5-7 minutes).
2. Then, Add carrots and tomato and pepper pastes and stir for another five minutes. Then, add more hot water (just enough to cover them all) and at the same time add your peas into pot. 
3. Then, Cover and once it start boiling reduce the heat and simmer until peas are cooked (this process takes nearly 1 hour). Bye the way, dont forget to add salt, ground black pepper and red fkakes pepper to your taste. 
4. Lastly sprinkle with dill or parsley and serve immediately. This Green peas dish, Turkish Pilaf/Rice dish and Yogurt and Cucumbers Dip (cacık) are such a beautiful combibation for the lunch table: Ricepilaf-with-orzo-dish-recipe , Yoghurt-and-cucumbers-dip-recipe , No-yeast-cotton-soft-bread-recipe

         ENJOY!

Peas dish, pilaf/rice dish and tzatziki are very nice combination for lunch

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