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[[File:Barbunya_pilaki.jpg|thumb|Pilaki]] 
'''Pilaki''' is a style of [[Turkish cuisine|Turkish]] [[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]]. [[Common bean|Beans]] prepared in this style (''fasulye pilaki'', with [[navy beans|white beans]], or ''[[barbunya pilaki]]'',<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>  with [[Cranberry bean|borlotti beans]]) are served cold, garnished with [[parsley]] and slices of [[lemon]]. Fish pilaki is also a popular recipe. 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".  
[[File:Pilaki in London.jpg|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==
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==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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