Name: Mussel Pilaki (Midye Pilaki)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 250 g (9 oz/1 cup) tinned crushed tomatoes; 1 carrot, diced; 2 all-purpose potatoes (such as desiree), peeled and diced; 2 garlic cloves; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) sunflower oil; 1 small handful flat-leaf (Italian) parsley, chopped; 300 g (10½ oz) shelled mussels

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Istanbul Cult Recipes

By Pomme Larmoyer

Published 2015

About

A pilaki is a bit like a Turkish version of pot-au-feu: an assortment of vegetables (carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, others...) simmered with your choice of meat or fish.

Ingredients

60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) sunflower oil
2

Method

Heat the sunflower oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the potatoes, carrot and garlic, and sauté for 2 minutes. Next, add the crushed tomatoes and 150 ml (5 fl oz) water, cover and cook f