Greek Side Dishes | Kalliopi's Kitchen

Greek cooking organises itself around the table rather than around courses in the French sense. Dishes arrive together, plates are shared, and the distinction between a starter and a main is often a matter of how much of it there is. The grouping below is a practical one for cooking from, not a rule anyone in Greece would recognise.

The dishes filed here include Patates lemonates, Horta vrasta, Louvi, Tsigareli, Fasolakia lathera and Kolokithakia tiganita. Each one is written out in full, with the reasoning behind each step rather than just the sequence, because the difference between a good version and a poor one is almost always in the detail that recipes leave out.

Every recipe on Kalliopi's Kitchen carries the dish's Greek name and a pronunciation, its region where that is meaningful, ingredient quantities in both metric and imperial, and an honest note on what commonly goes wrong. Nutrition figures are calculated estimates and are labelled as such.

Greek Side Dishes

19 recipes on the site so far.

Lemon PotatoesPatates lemonates Πατάτες λεμονάτεςSide Dishes · 1h 35m · serves 6

A plate of dark boiled greens dressed with olive oil and lemon wedges

HortaHorta vrasta Χόρτα βραστάSide Dishes · 35m · serves 4

Cypriot black-eyed bean and chard salad dressed with olive oil and lemon

Cypriot Black-Eyed Bean Salad with ChardLouvi ΛούβιSide Dishes · 55m · serves 4

Corfu Spicy Sauteed GreensTsigareli ΤσιγαρέλιSide Dishes · 30m · serves 4

A pot of Greek fasolakia lathera green beans in tomato sauce

Green Beans in Tomato and Olive OilFasolakia lathera Φασολάκια λαδεράSide Dishes · 1h · serves 4

Golden fried Greek courgette slices with tzatziki

Fried Courgette SlicesKolokithakia tiganita Κολοκυθάκια τηγανητάSide Dishes · 35m · serves 4

Golden fried Greek aubergine slices with tzatziki

Fried Aubergine SlicesMelitzanes tiganites Μελιτζάνες τηγανητέςSide Dishes · 45m · serves 4

Oven Roasted Potatoes with OreganoPatates riganates Πατάτες ριγανάτεςSide Dishes · 1h · serves 4

A pot of Greek bamies latheres okra in tomato sauce

Okra in Tomato and Olive OilBamies latheres Μπάμιες λαδερέςSide Dishes · 1h · serves 4

A pot of Greek kolokithakia yiahni courgette in tomato sauce

Courgette in Tomato SauceKolokithakia yiahni Κολοκυθάκια γιαχνίSide Dishes · 45m · serves 4

Greek piperies tiganites fried green peppers with lemon

Fried Green PeppersPiperies tiganites Πιπεριές τηγανητέςSide Dishes · 22m · serves 4

A pot of Greek anginares me araka artichokes with peas and dill

Artichokes with PeasAnginares me araka Αγκινάρες με αρακάSide Dishes · 1h · serves 4

Boiled Vegetables with Lemon OilVrasta lahanika me ladolemono Βραστά λαχανικά με λαδολέμονοSide Dishes · 45m · serves 4

Anatolian-Style Bulgur PilafPilafi me pligouri Πιλάφι με πλιγούριSide Dishes · 30m · serves 4

Plain Greek Rice PilafRizi pilafi Ρύζι πιλάφιSide Dishes · 25m · serves 4

Golden fried Greek patatokeftedes potato fritters

Potato FrittersPatatokeftedes ΠατατοκεφτέδεςSide Dishes · 50m · serves 6

Zucchini Shoots and TendrilsKolokithokorfades ΚολοκυθοκορφάδεςSide Dishes · 35m · serves 4

Cypriot Wine and Coriander PotatoesPatates antinaktes Πατάτες αντινακτέςSide Dishes · 40m · serves 4

Cypriot Bulgur Wheat PilafPourgouri pilafi Πουργούρι πιλάφιSide Dishes · 35m · serves 6

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