Let me show you a glimpse of the Greek Vegan Cuisine!

If you thought that the Greek cuisine only consisted of meat dishes and souvlaki, think again! In the Greek kitchen we have something called “lathera” which literally means “oily”. When saying or talking about “lathera” we refer to the dishes of vegetables and legumes cooked with tomato and olive oil. There are extremely many recipes in the “lathera”- category of dishes in the Greek cuisine, and today I thought I could show you one with green peas.

Are you sure this hasn’t its heritage from... Sweden?

If you look at the ingredient list for this dish you can almost think this dish has its heritage from Sweden; potatoes, carrots, green peas and dil. Thereafter we add crushed tomatoes and olive oil. That’s pretty much it, meaning that this is a very simple dish to make, with a few ingredients, but yet so delicious to eat.

Does it sound weird?

The dish might sound a little bit weird having the combination of potatoes in tomato, with peas and dil, but it’s really good! My hubby has told med his mom used to make a similar dish but from the Arabic cuisine. Does anyone know what the Arabic dish’s name is? In Greece anyway, we usually serve this arkkas with feta cheese. It’s so nice!

THIS RECIPE IS:

• Vegan

• Gluten Free

• Simple to make

• Kinda cheap to make

• Protein rich

• Delicious

• Greek

Greek arakas

approx 4 servings

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 yellow onion

500 g frozen green peas

1 big carrot

2 middle sized potatoes

400 g crushed tomatoes

Olive oil 

3 tbsp dil

Salt and pepper

HOW TO MAKE:

• Chop your onion into smaller pieces. Heat olive oil in a pot and fry your onion until soft.

• Add your peas and mix around.

• Peel carrot and potato. Slice the carrot into 0,5 cm thick slices and the potatoes into bite size pieces. Add this to the pot. Sauté everything.

• Add tomatoes, dil and spices, and enough of water so that it covers the ingredients in the pot. Cover your pot with lid and let simmer for approx 15' until carrot and potatoes and soft.

• Taste and see if it needs more salt or pepper.

• Serve with feta cheese and bread.