Known for its nearly round oval shape and red striped and scaly features, the kidney bean stands out with its easy use and taste. Especially in the summer months, different seasonal vegetables and olive oil dishes are prepared, boiled and added to appetizers such as pilaki and consumed cold. It is used to add a pleasant flavor and color to various olive oil dishes specific to the Mediterranean table. Because of its structural features, it is easily boiled in a short time, and the salad is made with kidney beans, which stands out with its filling properties and light taste. Since it is easily crushed when boiled, it is used to prepare healthy meatballs with various vegetables. Taking its place in meat dishes, kidney beans also attract attention with its nutritious aspect. It especially reduces mental fatigue and is good for anemia with minerals such as iron it contains.
Basmati rice (baz-MAH-tee) is a type of white rice commonly grown in the Himalayas, India, and Pakistan—with India producing about two-thirds of the world's supply. It is a long-grain rice that is characterized by a light nutty flavor and floral aroma, and it's popular in rice pilaf and as a side dish for curry.
The chickpeas maturing in the field are separated from the shell and sifted, calibrated and offered to consumption by eliminating foreign substances. It is known with is yellow colour and shape like ram head. Region, homogeneous structure and calibre features are very important in terms of chickpeas. For consuming in making cook, the most preferred regions are Central Anatolia, Nevsehir, Urgup, Isparta, Konya, Nigde. It is mostly used for cooking and hummus. It contains high amount of vegetable protein and carbohydrates.
Reis Çiğ Köftelik Bulgur, which is offered for consumption in the bulgur section, stands out with its 1 kg fine structure and dark color. Ceylanpınar, which takes its color from the characteristic of wheat, is made raw meatballs with or without meat with fine crushed bulgur. You can prepare barley, bulgur salad, lentil patties and soup for your family and guests from the product, which can also be used in making pilaf depending on preference. You can use the product together with high nutritional value materials such as minced meat, pepper paste, olive oil in making oruk, also called stuffed meatballs. Bulgur containing gluten preserves its physical properties for a long time thanks to its heat and moisture resistant structure. The product, which you can store in a cloth bag or glass jar, contains B vitamins that regulate the digestive system and help produce energy in the body. The fibrous structure of the product, which is one of the foods that people with diabetes can easily consume thanks to its nutritional values, contributes to the balancing of blood sugar. Rich in protein, delicious legumes contain valuable minerals such as chromium, magnesium and zinc. The product with low carbohydrate value does not contain cholesterol.
Anatolia is a geography where bean production is made intensely due to climatic conditions. Dry beans are a field-maturing foodstuff. After maturing beans are yellowed and dried, they are removed from their shells. Dry bean products, which are sieved and purified from foreign substances, are offered to consumers. Dry bean products, an indispensable flavor among legume products, are a foodstuff that includes local differences in direct proportion to the conditions of the region where it is grown. Dermason dried beans grown in Erzincan, Konya, Çumra, Niğde, Kayseri, Ankara, Malatya, Doğanşehir, Elbistan and Tokat in our country are among the most consumed dry bean varieties. It is one of the most preferred bean varieties by consumers because of its soil feature and growing with snow water, being durable, thin-skinned, cooking quickly and its taste. Dermason bean products with coarse grains, plump and flat appearance; one end is straight and the other end has a shape close to the ovale. Dermason is often preferred with its appearance of dried beans as well as the flavor it offers to dining tables.
It is a type of fine cracked bulgur that takes its color from the characteristic of its wheat. It is a type of bulgur that is preferred for raw meatballs with its fine structure and dark color.