Piyaz ( tr, piyaz,
Persian: پیاز,
Kurdish: pivaz, piyaz for "onion" or salad) is a kind of
Turkish cuisine,
Turkish cuisine and
Persian salad or
meze that is made from any kind of dry
bean
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes th ...
s with
onion,
parsley
Parsley, or garden parsley (''Petroselinum crispum'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae that is native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region (Sardinia, Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, southern Italy, Greece, Por ...
and
sumac. The name of Piyaz derives from old Iranian word of "pidāz" for onion,
later on this name was adopted for salad or mezes made with onion. In
Antalya province of
Turkey it is prepared differently from other regions with other ingredients like
tahini
Tahini () or tahina (, ) is a Middle Eastern condiment made from toasted ground hulled sesame. It is served by itself (as a dip) or as a major ingredient in hummus, baba ghanoush, and halva.
Tahini is used in the cuisines of the Levant and E ...
(crushed sesame seeds). In Antalya, piyaz is not considered a salad but a main dish. In southern provinces like
Adana, the word ''piyaz'' is used to refer to an onion and sumac salad. During the
Ottoman period, piyaz was also made from
artichoke,
pea
The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the flowering plant species ''Pisum sativum''. Each pod contains several peas, which can be green or yellow. Botanically, pea pods are fruit, since they contain seeds and d ...
,
chickpea
The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its different types are variously known as gram" or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea. Chickpea seeds are high ...
,
broad bean and
potato, which were introduced to
Turkey in the last quarter of the 19th century.
See also
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Pilaki
Pilaki is a style of Turkish meze and may refer to several dishes that are cooked in a sauce made out of onion, garlic, carrot, potato, tomato or tomato paste, sugar, and olive oil. Beans prepared in this style (''fasulye pilaki'', with white ...
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Kuru fasulye
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Kurdish cuisine
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Turkish cuisine
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List of salads
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References
External links
Piyaz - Kurdish Union SaladPiyaz recipe
in The Jerusalem Post
Turkish words and phrases
Persian words and phrases
Meze
Turkish salads
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