Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, egyptian moussaka/messa'aa (vegan/vegetarian). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
For those of you that don't know, moussaka is a layered dish mainly composed of egglpant aubergine, tomato sauce, and minced meat. Great recipe for Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian). Egyptian vegetarian moussaka For most, the word Moussaka conjures up images of layers of fried eggplant, juicy minced beef and sometimes even a layer of creamy bechamel sauce baked to perfection.
Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian) is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have egyptian moussaka/messa'aa (vegan/vegetarian) using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian):
- Get Garlic Cloves Crushed
- Take Tomatoes Sliced
- Make ready Crushed Tomatoes
- Prepare Passata
- Get Chickpeas
- Get Spices
- Take 7 Spices
- Make ready Salt
- Get Pepper
- Get Hot Chili Powder
- Make ready Ground Cumin
- Get Quite a lot of Olive Oil
- Make ready Produce
- Make ready Eggplants Thickly Sliced
- Get Onion Sliced
- Make ready Onion Chopped
Today's post is a short story I wrote titled "Love and Agami." The recipe that accompanies it is for the Egyptian version of moussaka, or masa'a, which is vegan when served as street food but sometimes made with ground beef or béchamel at home. It is a thick green soup with a slimy but fresh taste. Although Mulukhiyah is vegetarian Egyptian food, be aware that it can be cooked with chicken, beef, or rabbit. Thus, please ask for the vegetarian option.
Instructions to make Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian):
- Preheat Oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line a baking tray with foil and brush with oil, lay Eggplant slices and drizzle with oil, salt, pepper and Spices (keep most of Spices for the sauce). Alternatively, you can fry the Eggplant in batches and place on absorbent towel.
- Bake for 10-15mins on each side
- While the Eggplant is baking, prepare the sauce.
- The Sauce - Heat a table spoon of olive oil in a pot. Add chopped onion (not the sliced) & garlic until soft. Add the chickpeas and Spices and stir for a minute. Add the passata and canned tomatoes, bring to boil and simmer for approx 15-20mins
- Once Eggplant is baked, remove from oven and line the bottom of a baking tray with Eggplant slices. Then a layer of the sauce, followed by tomato slices, sliced onion and repeat process.
- Place back in oven and bake for 40mins or so (you may want to cover the dish in foil for the first 20mins).
- I forgot to take a pic after pulling it out of the oven. Just wanted to eat 😂
In Egypt Coptic Christians make (vegan) vegetarian Mulukhia during the fasting season. If you are a pescetarian, Molokhia in Alexandria. New research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science and reported in Live Science has shed light on the ancient Egyptian diet. Now, I would eat the eggplants stuffed, fried, grilled, pickled and perhaps raw one day. Egyptian moussaka could be made purely vegetarian or with beef.
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