Van-Style Potato and Egg Mıhlası
Turn boiled potatoes in a tomato and onion base, then cook four eggs in the same skillet. This Van-style potato mıhlası serves four. Adapting the Van recipe for a home kitchen Van’s traditional food inventory describes potatoes with a tomato and onion base and eggs cracked into the pan. This version specifies weights and pan size. The timings start with boiled potatoes. How can I cook the eggs evenly? Make wells of equal depth and cover the pan. Eight minutes is an estimate. Take the pan off the heat when the whites and yolks are firm. For another way to use boiled potatoes with vegetables, see lemon Swiss chard and potato sauté. The sodium estimate excludes the table salt and other ingredients without sodium data. Türkiye Culture Portal: Van potato mıhlası · FDA: cooking eggs
Ingredients
Ingredients
Step-by-Step Method
Dice the potatoes and onion
Cut 500 g of boiled potatoes into 1.5 cm cubes. Finely dice 120 g of onion.
Build the tomato base
Heat 20 g of sunflower oil in a 24–26 cm lidded skillet over medium heat. Stir the onion for 5 minutes until soft. Stir in 20 g of tomato paste, 3 g of salt and 1 g of red pepper flakes and cook for 1 minute.
Add the potatoes
Fold in the potatoes without crushing them and heat for 3 minutes. Make four wells with the back of a spoon.
Cook the eggs
Crack one egg into each well, about 200 g without shells in total. Cover and cook over low heat for about 8 minutes, until the whites and yolks are firm. Serve hot.
Chef's Tips & Tricks
Van’s traditional food inventory describes potatoes with a tomato and onion base and eggs cracked into the pan. This version specifies weights and pan size. The timings start with boiled potatoes.