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Showing posts with label PULSES. Show all posts

Showing posts with label PULSES. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Lentil stew (Φακές)

If you read Joanna Kakissis' recent views of Greece , you will find that Greece is on the brink of collapse: "The postcard image...

Monday, 29 March 2010

Pulses (Όσπρια)

A brief break from my travel musings to concentrate on the food of the holy times ahead of us... It's the start of Holy Week in the C...

Wednesday, 25 March 2009

Panspermia: Pallikaria (Παλλικάρια)

Pulses (beans) are the most ancient food known to the non-nomadic human. By being able to store their food, people then started to live a m...

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Gigandes (Γίγαντες - baked butter beans)

This post is mentioned in the Wikipedia entry for Gigandes . The main white beans used in Greek cooking are haricot beans (navy beans...

Saturday, 19 January 2008

Fakes (Φακές - lentil soup)

“The ancient Greeks told of a philosopher eating bread and lentils for dinner. He was approached by another man, who lived sumptuously by f...

Thursday, 10 January 2008

Fasolada (Φασολάδα)

Fasolada - bean soup - is the national dish of Greece. It is also one of the most nutritious meals you can have. It is vegetarian, and comb...

Friday, 21 December 2007

Black-eyed bean soup (Μαυρομάτικα φασόλια)

Black-eyed beans and lentils are sold in packets at the supermarket. They make the easiest soupy dhal meal that is eaten in Greece as a mai...

Friday, 23 November 2007

Fava (Φάβα)

Greece's favourite bean puree is made from crushed dry yellow beans, which look like a cross between a pea and a lentil (but they'r...

Saturday, 18 August 2007

String beans stewed in tomato (Φασολάκια γιαχνί - yiahni)

Fresh string beans are the summer alternative to winter bean soups. If you grow your own string beans, you can use them in this recipe. Ther...

Monday, 6 August 2007

Pulses (Όσπρια - beans)

We eat pulses - another word for the humble bean - once a week in our house. As there are a range of beans to choose from, you could eat a d...

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