Turkish Dishes: Tomato Pilav

We Turks do not eat much rice or I would say ''plain'' rice or steamed , sticky rice. So we just add other vegetables or meats into the pilav with herbs.

Pilav with Tomato!

Preparation time:  15 minutes
Cooking time:  20 minutes


What you will need:
3 medium size peeled fresh or canned tomato
4 cups of hot water
2 cups of rice
1 table spoon salt
2 table spoon butter
1 cube meat stock( optional) If you add the bullion, you do not need to add salt!

How to cook:
1- Allow two cups of rice to rest in warm water for 15 minutes
2-  After melting butter in the hot pan , add diced tomato pieces for 5 minutes
3- Add 1 table spoon salt after that you should rinse the rice and add the mixture.
4- Pour 4 cups of hot water and let the mixture cook in the medium head until rice softens.
5- Rest the rice for 10 minutes before serving. You can also serve it with some yoghurt.

You may wish to check out other Pilav recipes we have previously posted:
Pilav with Vermicelli
Pilav with Chestnut

Bulghur Pilav
Eggplant Pilav

Afiyet olsun!

Turkish Dishes: Pilav with Chestnut

Last time , we had this pilav was during New Year's  Eve  2011 in Kefken with our big family.

really really awesome Pilav!

Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking:  20 minutes


What you will need:

1/2kg chestnuts-previously cooked on the stove or oven.
2 cups of rice
4 cups of water
2 table spoon butter
2 table spoon salt
2 table spoon pine nuts
2 table spoon black raisin


How to prepare:

1. Rice should rest in salty warm water for 10 minutes. 
2. Then toss into butter pan. Toss in the pine nuts next.
3. Add the cups of water.
4. Cook for about 10 minutes or until rice cooks.
5. Add cooked chestnuts and raisin
6. Keep the lid close for about 15 minutes after turning off the heat.

You may wish to check out other Pilav recipes we have previously posted:

Bulghur Pilav
Eggplant Pilav

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Turkish Dishes: Eggplant Pilav

And the husband food blog for today: 

One of my favorite vegetable is eggplant. I love everything cooked with eggplant.

Pilav+eggplant+yoghurt = A delicious lunch for me!

This dish is called: Eggplant Pilav

Preparation :35minutes
Cooking:30 minutes


What you will need:
1 big eggplant
2 table spoon salt
2 table spoon olive oil
1 cup rice
2 cups of water
1 table spoon black pepper powder



How to cook:

1. Cut eggplant in small squares then soak in a warm water with salt for 15 minutes so it can release its bitter taste.
2. Put 1 cup of rice in to warm water with 1 table spoon salt for about 15 minutes.
3. Dry the eggplant pieces with tissue and add into hot oil pant and fry until it turns pinkish.
4. Rinse the rice and cook with 2 cups of water in a pan.
5. Laslyt, mix the cooked rice and eggplant in a separate cup and top with black pepper.

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