Merhaba! Today’s recipe is one of the simplest “meze”s of the Turkish Cuisine, Fava . It is simple but it is so delicious and very good especially with sea food. This recipe is from my granny and it is different from most of the recipes I have read. But what do they say, details make difference ☺️
Ingredients for 4 people
1 cup unshelled horse bean
1 small onion
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tbsp olive oil
Before mashing after cooking, 1 tbsp olive oil , 1/2 lemon juice , if you like you can add some dill finely chopped.
Wash the beans and put them in a skillet with water which is three times more of their volume, so with 3 cups of water and salt, sugar, olive oil and whole onion just sliced in two. Let it cook in medium heat without a lid because it can overflow easily. If its water is all gone and still looks like uncooked , you can always add a small amount of boiled water. How will you understand it is nicely cooked , you stir and try to mash them with a spoon, if they became puree so easily they are done. You add lemon juice and olive oil ( and dill if you like) in the skillet and use a hand mixer to mash them all. Since they get hardened so quick you must put the mash in your preferred tins or cups. Serve them with lemon juice after chilled.
Afiyet olsun!
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