Braised Celery

Name: Braised Celery (Zeytinyağli kereviz)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: juice of ½ lemon; 2 all-purpose potatoes (such as desiree); 100 ml (3½ fl oz) olive oil; 1 teaspoon caster (superfine) sugar; 1 young whole celery (not too large); 2 carrots, sliced into rounds; 2 onions, thinly sliced

Zeytinyağli kereviz

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Istanbul Cult Recipes

By Pomme Larmoyer

Published 2015

About

Vegetables are commonly served with meat and rice dishes in Turkish cuisine. You can also serve [hem as stand-alone dishes in the summer.

Ingredients

1 young whole celery (not too large)
2 all-purpose potatoes (such as desiree)
2 carrots, sliced int

Method

Slice the celery head into rounds and cut the stems (with their small leaves) into 2 cm (¾ inch) lengths. Peel and dice the potatoes. Put all the vegetables in a large frying pan, pour over a good drizzle