Recipe
Turkish Eggplant Moussaka Recipe
Posted by : unknown
Preparation time : 40 Min
Cooking time : 40 Min
Level of difficulty : Low
Ingredients
2 servings
- 1 large eggplant
- 200 gr medium ground beef, cooked
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 or 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1/4 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1/2 cubanelle pepper, Cubanelle peppers are light green to yellow colored with a sweet and mild flavor. They like an elongated bell pepper.
- diced
- 2 fresh green onions, chopped
- 4 tbsp crushed tomato
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1/2 cup olive oil
Preparation
- Peel the eggplant skin in strips lengthwise. Cut the eggplant vertically in 3-4 pieces, each about 1 inch (metre in cm) thick. Then cut again horizontally, each piece about 2 inches(metre in cm) long. Soak in water with a tablespoon of salt for about 30 minutes. Then dry with paper towels.
- Pour the olive oil in a large skillet. Fry both sides of the eggplants until the colour turns medium brown. After frying, place the eggplants on a plate with paper towel to soak up extra oil.
- Meanwhile, cook the ground beef with the onions, tomato, garlic, salt and pepper. Then add the red pepper, cubanelle pepper and fresh green onions and cook for about 5-6 more minutes.
- Lay out the eggplant pieces in another pan. Put the beef mixture over the eggplants. Pour half a cup of water on top. Cook on medium heat for 15 minutes covered with the lid.
- Eggplant Moussaka goes well with rice.
