{{Short description|Bean dish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{other}} thumb|Pilaki '''Pilaki''' is a style of 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 used in this style are white beans,<ref>{{cite book |last=Butcher |first=Sally |title=Veggiestan: A Vegetable Lover's Tour of the Middle East |date=2011-10-06 |publisher=Pavilion Books |isbn=978-1-86205-884-2 |page=191 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NtiMZwEACAAJ|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almostturkishrecipes.com/2006/08/barbunya-beans.html |title= Barbunya Beans (Barbunya Pilaki) |url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250320213013/https://www.almostturkishrecipes.com/2006/08/barbunya-beans.html|archive-date=2025-03-20}}</ref> or borlotti beans. They are served cold, garnished with parsley and slices of lemon. Fish pilaki is also a popular recipe.
== Name and origins == The name "pilaki" comes from the Greek word "plakion" (Greek: πλακίον), referring to a fire-resistant stone cooking vessel.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Doğan |first=Murat |date=2025 |title=The effects and contributions of Byzantine cuisine to modern Istanbul cuisine |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s44187-025-00486-4 |journal=Discover Food |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1 |doi=10.1007/s44187-025-00486-4 |issn=2731-4286|doi-access=free }}</ref>
It originated in the Byzantine Empire, being used in Byzantine cuisine.<ref name=":0" />
== Variants == In Greek cuisine, this style is known as ''plaki''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cookpad.com/gr/anazitisi/πλακί |title=Plaki recipes |language=el|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250617203448/https://cookpad.com/gr/anazitisi/%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AF |archive-date=2025-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pandespani.com/syntages/psari-plaki-horis-kremmydia/|title=Plaki fish without onions, the old-fashioned way|language=el|date=2021-06-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617204016/https://www.pandespani.com/syntages/psari-plaki-horis-kremmydia/|archive-date=2025-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.7all.gr/plaki-i-istoria-tou-kai-7-ellinikes-syntages/ |title=Plaki: its history and 7 Greek recipes|language=el|date=2024-10-11 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617204426/https://www.7all.gr/plaki-i-istoria-tou-kai-7-ellinikes-syntages/|archive-date=2025-06-17}}</ref> In Bulgarian cuisine the name is "plakiya". thumb|Pilaki ==See also== *Gigandes plaki, a similar Greek dish. *Piyaz, another Turkish bean dish. *Rajma, an Indian dish. *Red beans and rice, a Louisiana Creole specialty.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *''The Sultan's Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook''. Özcan Ozan. 2001. Periplus Editions. {{ISBN|978-962-593-944-5}}. *''Companion Guide to Istanbul and Around the Marmara''. John Freely, Susan Glyn. 2000. The Companion Guide. {{ISBN|1-900639-31-9}}. *''International Dictionary of Food & Cooking: Ingredients, Additives''. Charles Gordon Sinclair. 1998. Taylor & Francis Cookery. {{ISBN|1-57958-057-2}}.
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