Yellow runner beans braised with potatoes and fresh tomatoes

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The Rodeslis make a simple delicious vegetarian dish with young, green beans called fasoulya. When yellow runner beans are in season in my garden we enjoy a version of this bean stew we affectionately call hanum fasoulya as they are more delicate in flavor and meltingly tender.

The secret ingredient to this flavorsome dish is time taken to gently braise the beans until ultra-tender and velvety. The yellow beans are cooked with onions, garlic, parsley and dill along with carrots, potatoes and fresh ripe tomatoes in extra-virgin olive oil.

I like fasoulya served with a large cube of crumbly Greek feta and a vermicelli rice pilaf with crusty bread to mop up the sauce.