Turkish Style Beef Stir fry “SAC TAVA” / Sac Tawa
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
1 hr 20 mins
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Servings
4
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Course
Side Dish, Main Course
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Cuisine
Turkish
Turkish Style Beef Stir fry “SAC TAVA” / Sac Tawa
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“Saç Tava” or Tawa is one of the traditional specialty dishes of Turkish cuisine. This Beef stir-fried with vegetables, known as a pre-wedding dish in some regions, and you can find it in most Turkish restaurants.
It is cubed meat, beef stir fry in special tawa pans, with onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and some spices. Usually, it is served with rice pilav, but I will show you a healthier version with bulgur wheat pilav.
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Ingredients
- 500 gr. beef in small cubes
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion medium-size
- 4 green pepper or similar kinds you can find on the market, sweet, thin
- 3 tomato grated or peeled and finely diced or you can use 1/2 canned tomato puré, medium-size, ripened
- 1 tsp salt ground cumin optional, pul biber = red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp pul biber
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/4 cup water or more, or meat stock
For the Siyez & bulgur Wheat Pilaf
- 2 cups bulgur wheat I used 1 cup of it ancient Siyez (Eincorn wheat
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp butter heaped
- 3½ water or more, hot
- 1 onion
- 1½ salt or more
Instructions
Pre-cook the meat:
- Cut the beef in 2-3cm thick small cubes. Heat the pan and add meat. Cook on medium-high stirring from time to time until it changes color, releases its water.
- Lower the heat to low and cook until soft. If the water evaporates you can drizzle more hot water.
Stir Frying Beef With Vegetables:
- Heat traditional sac tava or big wok pan adding 4 tbsp vegetable oil and 1 heaped tbsp butter. Add cooked meat cubes, fry for about 3-4 minutes then add diced onion.
- Continue to cook on medium heat until onions cooked halfway about 3 minutes. Add sliced green pepper and stir.
- Add grated tomatoes or canned tomato puré and cook for another 4-5 minutes
- Season it with salt, pul biber (red pepper flakes) and, oregano. Add about 1/3 cup hot water or meat stock and simmer for 5 minutes or until everything is soft. Serve hot with rice or bulgur pilav.
Notes
- About Siyez and Bulgur Wheat: Siyez bulgur or translated as Einkorn Wheat. It is one of the oldest cultivated grains discovered in early civilizations in Anatolia. It is more nutritious, as it has a different gluten structure than actual wheat grain. It is the pure original form of wheat and has never been hybridized or genetically modified.
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