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| Type | Salad |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Iraq,Iran,Turkey |
| Main ingredients | Boiledbeans,vegetables |
Piyaz (Turkish:piyaz,Persian: پیاز,Kurdish: pivaz, piyaz[1] for "onion" or salad) is a bean salad ormeze inTurkish cuisine andPersian cuisine that is made from any kind of boiledbeans with rawonion,parsley andsumac. Optionally, a boiled egg can be added to this dish.
The name of "piyaz" derives from old Iranian word of "pidāz" for onion,[2] later on this name was adopted for salads or mezes made with onion.
InAntalya province ofTurkey it is prepared differently from other regions with other ingredients such astarator sauce based ontahini (crushed sesame seeds). In Antalya, piyaz is not considered a salad but a main dish.[3]
There are also versions of piyaz made of other beans.Mung beans piyaz (maş piyazı) is famous inGaziantep and, like Antalya piyaz, is registered with theTurkish Patent and Trademark Office. It is made by combining boiled mung beans with onion, parsley, red pepper flakes, olive oil, salt and pomegranate syrup, topped with walnuts. It can be decorated with red pepper flakes and pomegranate seeds. Instead of pomegranate syrup, grape syrup or lemon juice can be used.[4]
Piyaz can be also made of chickpeas (nohut piyazı) and green lentils (mercimek piyazı).[5]
In southern provinces likeAdana, the word "piyaz" is used to refer to an onion and sumac salad.[citation needed] During theOttoman period, piyaz was also made fromartichoke,pea,chickpea,broad bean andpotato, which were introduced toTurkey in the last quarter of the 19th century.[citation needed]
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