Antalyan Piyaz for Ramadan

Directions

Ingredients :

2 cups dry great Northern beans

water to cover

2 tomatoes

peeled and diced

10 small sweet onions

peeled

¼ cup olive oil

¼ cup white vinegar

¼ cup tahini

4 cloves garlic

minced

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

½ cup finely chopped parsley

3 hard-boiled eggs

quartered

1 lemons

sliced

or more to taste

Methods :

Soak beans in a pot of water for 8 hours to overnight. Bring to a boil; cook on medium heat until soft, about 1 hour. Divide beans between 3 bowls; mix in tomatoes.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place onions on a baking sheet.

Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.

Place 2 tablespoons of cooked beans in a bowl and crush into a pulp. Mix in oil, vinegar, tahini, garlic, salt, and pepper. Pour dressing over the beans and tomatoes. Mix well. Decorate with eggs and a pile of parsley on top. Serve piyaz at room temperature with lemon slices and baked onion, or place a bite of piyaz into a sweet onion ‘boat’ to bring out the flavor. Squeeze lemon juice on top.