The other day I stopped at a roadside meatball place to grab a bite on my way to buy a few trees. Meatballs, or kofte, are sort of their own food group here, and one thing you can count on is that if a place specialises in grilled kofte, piyaz is probably on the menu too.
I never understood why people got so excited about piyaz because in Istanbul it is basically beans, onions, olive oil and vinegar (at least it was like that every time I ate it up there). Boring. But down here in Antalya, it’s different:
Here in Antalya, piyaz is served swimming in tahini. It is seriously good. So if you have some white beans handy, here’s what you need to do: add some chopped white onion, chopped parsley and tomato if you have it (this being the land of poly tunnels, tomatoes are always served with it but do what you will – I don’t buy tomatoes out of season myself). Then give the mixture a good splash of wine vinegar and olive oil. Drench the whole thing in tahini and top it with a hard boiled egg, salt and pepper. If you ask me, the meatballs become superfluous at this point – all you need to make a meal of this is a hunk of good bread.
Garden Correspondent 
Looks so delicious!
It’s good and best of all it’s very easy.
Oh that looks fabulous! I adore tahini and beans together – have been eating ful medames for breakfast, which is a bit like this! 🙂
That sounds so good. I love legumes for breakfast.
I’m not at all familiar with this dish but certainly would like to give it a try. It will make a good, quick Summer lunch. It’s easier enough to make, that’s for sure.
You are so right- it is always tough to find something effortless enough to make in the middle of a blazing hot day. I’ll have to keep this in mind!
It looks delicious! Excellent photography and so conversational and inviting.
Thank you so much – please do stop by again!
I’d never thought of adding tahini to a bean dish like this – inspired and genius! I’ll wait till tomatoes are back in season too, mind you I do see a lot of tomatoes from Turkey around here, they are generally better tasting than some of the offerings from other places.
Those tomatoes were probably my neighbours not too long ago! My tomato plants, on the other hand, are in a miserable state – makes me wish our gardening season weren’t so well underway.
That does look seriously good! And seriously easy! Bookmarking . . .