fasólia

Beans. White beans are the star ingredient of φασολάδα (fasoláda), Greek bean soup, the ultimate homey comfort food, made with onions, carrots, tomatoes olive oil and vinegar. Another version uses onions, garlic, celery and bay leaf and chicken broth. On Ikaría they also use fennel, tomatoes, and dill; on Samothráki they let it sit for a day and fry it, a bit like Mexican refried beans to make fasoláda tsigirísta.

Big white butter beans are gígantes; broad beans are koukiá; French or green beans are fasolákia.

Other beans are:

αμπελοφάσουλο (abelofásoulo): string beans