Greek-Style Moussaka with Yogurt
Greek-Style Moussaka with Yogurt

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Great recipe for Greek-Style Moussaka with Yogurt. This is one of my family's favorite dishes. Since I used a minimal amount of oil, it's on the lighter side.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have greek-style moussaka with yogurt using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Greek-Style Moussaka with Yogurt:
  1. Prepare 1 large Eggplant
  2. Prepare 2 Potatoes
  3. Make ready (Meat sauce)
  4. Make ready 2 clove Garlic (minced)
  5. Make ready 1/2 large Onions (minced)
  6. Prepare 300 grams Ground beef
  7. Prepare 1 can ☆Canned tomatoes
  8. Take 1 tbsp ☆Parsley (minced)
  9. Take 1/2 tsp ☆Oregano (dried)
  10. Make ready 3 shakes ☆Cinnamon powder
  11. Make ready 1/2 tsp ☆Salt
  12. Get 1 dash ☆Black pepper
  13. Make ready 1 tbsp ☆Japanese Worcestershire sauce
  14. Take 1 tbsp Olive oil
  15. Take (Yogurt sauce)
  16. Prepare 85 grams x 2 Plain yogurt (I used Activia brand)
  17. Get 1 Egg
  18. Take 3 tbsp Parmesan cheese
  19. Take 1 Salt and pepper

It has rich flavors of herbs and spices with the subtle undertones of cinnamon and red wine frequently found in Greek food. For the topping, mix the yogurt, egg and half the cheeses. Overlap with half the aubergine and the rest of the lamb. Top with rest of the aubergine, spoon over yogurt mixture and scatter with the remaining cheeses.

Steps to make Greek-Style Moussaka with Yogurt:
  1. Cut the eggplant including the skin into round slices about 1 cm thick. Preheat the oven to 190℃.
  2. Peel the potatoes, and cut into 5 mm thick round slices. Transfer into a heatproof dish, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for 3 minutes.
  3. Making the meat sauce: Heat up a deep frying pan over medium heat, and add the olive oil. Sauté the garlic and onion until they become translucent.
  4. Add the ground beef, and fry over medium-high heat while stirring with a wooden spatula for about 4-5 minutes.
  5. Add in the ☆ ingredients, and mash the tomatoes with the wooden spatula. Add in the Step 1 potatoes, and simmer over medium heat to evaporate the liquid for about 10 minutes without a lid.
  6. In the mean time, pierce the eggplant slices with a fork. Cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for about 3 minutes until they become soft.
  7. Making the yogurt sauce: Add the plain yogurt, egg, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper into a bowl, and mix with a whisk.
  8. Taste the Step 5 meat sauce and adjust the flavour.
  9. Spread out the potatoes and 1/2 of the meat sauce in the heatproof dish so that the surface is flat. Arrange the Step 6 eggplant, and spread out the remaining meat sauce on top.
  10. Spread out the Step 7 yogurt sauce all over at the end, bake in the oven for about 30 minutes until it becomes golden brown.
  11. Cut into rectangle portions, serve, and enjoy.

Partially peel the eggplants, leaving some unpeeled stripes. Heat the remaining oil in the same skillet and cook the onions until they are brown. The writer called the bechamel a "thin sauce" but it actually should be very thick - about the same consistency as a yogurt. Make sure to drain your meat very well and, if necessary, spoon out the liquid before adding the meat to the casserole. The epitome of Greek comfort food, moussaka is basically a hearty eggplant casserole with a juicy, flavor-packed meat sauce.

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