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Beans with spinach are another simple, traditional dish. The secret of its taste is cooking mavromatika beans with fresh spinach and tomatoes. Such a short composition occurs in the simplest and most orthodox version of this dish. However, it can be expanded to include other vegetables, such as carrots and peppers, thanks to which the dish will be even more aromatic and filling.
Mavromatika is a characteristic type of bean also known to us as the black eye. Beans must be pre-soaked and cooked until soft. Only then can you add the rest of the ingredients to it and cook it until it has the right consistency and taste. The dish cannot be too watery or too thick. It is better to add some water during cooking rather than pour it too much at the beginning. The small secret is to add a small amount of breadcrumbs at the end of cooking. It will thicken the sauce nicely and the consistency will be as it should be. We serve the ready dish with feta cheese, although you can eat it without it. Sprinkling lemon juice on a plate will further enhance the taste.
1. Pour dry beans with cold water and leave for about 10 hours. After this time, drain it, rinse it, put it in a pot and pour cold water again. We cook until soft with the addition of bay leaf for about 35-40 minutes. Finally, we pour water.
2. Heat the oil in a saucepan. Fry onions, carrots and peppers for about 5 minutes. After this time, add the spinach and continue cooking until the spinach softens.
3. Add previously cooked beans, mixed (or grated) tomatoes and 3/4 cup of hot water. Salt, season with pepper, mix and continue to simmer for about 25 minutes until the sauce is quite thick. If the water evaporates too quickly, then add some hot water during cooking.
4. Just before cooking, add 2 teaspoons breadcrumbs and mix well.
5. After placing the dish on the plates, season with freshly squeezed lemon juice, chopped parsley and crushed feta cheese.
The popular vegetable in Crete is okra, which can often be found in local greengrocers. This very healthy and low-calorie vegetable is unfortunately virtually unheard of in Poland. If you would like to try it, it's worth doing it while in Crete. Just look for one of the local taverns, which serves dishes prepared on the basis of okra. Of course, you can also prepare it yourself, for example based on the following recipe.
Boureki is a very classic Cretan baked dish consisting mainly of two ingredients: potatoes and zucchini. In Cretan taverns you can find it in two versions: in dough and without dough.
Vegetable pancakes are a specialty of Greek cuisine. The multitude of vegetables available at any time of the year provokes even the ingenious use of them. Tomatokeftedes, or tomato pies, is the recipe that proves this theory. This dish is popular on the Cyclades and in the traditional cuisine of Syros, Andros, Tinos or Santorini. The most characteristic taste of tomatokeftedes is reached by the inhabitants of the latter island due to the specific taste of small tomatoes growing there.
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