🇹🇷 Turkish

Tomatoes Turlu

Name: Tomatoes Turlu
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 6 large Tomato; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 200 g Chickpeas; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 1 Eggplant; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 2 Zucchini; 1 tsp Urfa Pepper Flakes

🇹🇷 Turkish

Hearty and humble: tomatoes braised with vegetables until the broth turns silky and every spoonful comforts. Ready in 50 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Tomato6 large
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Chickpeas200 g
Potato3 medium, cubed
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Eggplant1
Stock or Broth750 ml
Zucchini2
Urfa Pepper Flakes1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Olive Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the tomatoes well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the tomatoes out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the urfa pepper flakes.
3
Return the tomatoes, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh parsley right before serving.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the urfa pepper flakes in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

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