Vegetarian mains
ChefOla Faour
How to Make Mghammar, or Eggplant Moussaka
Mghammar is one of the tastiest eggplant recipes! As you read through the recipe, you will immediately want to make this distinctive vegetarian dish. It is especially delicious with onions and sweet peppers!
How to make mghammar... one of the tastiest eggplant recipes, served cold and also called moussaka or mnakheila
Ingredients
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- 1/2 kilo chickpeas or canned chickpeas
- 5 onions, chopped
- 5 cloves garlic
- Olive oil
- Vegetable oil
- 1 kilo tomatoes
- Salt
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 to 2 cups water
- Hot pepper molasses - optional
- Paprika
- Peeled, salted eggplant, fried or oven-roasted
- Dried mint for garnish
- Also from Wotfa, here is how to make Easy Spinach Stew
Method
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- Soak the chickpeas overnight. The next day wash them, peel them and halve each chickpea.
- In a pot over the heat, sauté the chopped onion and minced garlic in a little olive oil and vegetable oil until golden.
- Add the soaked, drained chickpeas (or canned chickpeas after draining) over the onions and garlic, stir, then cover and cook over low heat until the chickpeas are tender.
- Peel and finely chop the tomatoes, then add them to the pot after the chickpeas are cooked and stir. Add salt, tomato paste, spicy pepper paste, water (as needed) and paprika, stir and let the mixture boil to thicken the sauce.
- At this point, fry the peeled eggplant (or roast it) in a little oil.
- Add the eggplant to the pot, then let everything simmer for an additional 5 minutes before removing the maghmour from the heat.Timers: 5 min
- Sprinkle a pinch of dried mint on top, pour the maghmour and serve after it reaches room temperature or chilled from the refrigerator.
- Also from Wutfa, here is an easy spinach stew recipe.
Recipe tags
Vegetarian mainsLevantVegetarianGluten freeNut freeEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- Frozen Okra Stew
- Mujaddara Makhbousa
- Easy Spinach Stew
