Shakshuka Turkish Style
- 2 courgette
- 2 aubergine
- 2 potato
- 1 tbs tomato paste
- 4 large tomatoes
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 cup turkish yogurt
- basil leaves
- olive oil
- salt&pepper
- Slice all the vegetables with a mandoline. Then brush them with olive oil and cook both sides on a large pan or on a tray in the oven. Since they are pretty thin they will cook in minutes.
- Or you can just prepare the vegetables the traditional way. Peel aubergine lengthwise leaving 1 cm skin in between gaps. Then slice them in cubes. Do the same to potatoes and courgettes. Place vegetables on a paper towel .
- In a hot pan add some olive oil and start to fry your vegetables starting with potatoes, courgettes and aubergines.
- Halve the tomatoes and grate them in a bowl. Add olive oil in a pot , add garlic cloves add the tomato paste and cook it for a minute then add the grated tomatoes salt and pepper
- Add 2-3 spoons of water and simmer the sauce on low heat for 20 minutes.
- If you sliced your vegetables, place them in a mold one by one. Add the sauce on the bottom of the dish, place the molded vegetables in the middle, add some yogurt and decorate with basil leaves and its flowers.
- If you cut your vegetables in cubes, place them on a serving dish, whisk the yogurt to make it smooth, pour it on top of the vegetables. Then add the tomato sauce . Drizzle some extra virgin oil and add some parsley or basil leaves on top.
courgette, aubergine, potato, tomato, tomatoes, garlic, turkish yogurt, basil, olive oil, saltamppepper
Taken from food52.com/recipes/61751-shakshuka-turkish-style (may not work)