June 21 2017
Eggplants Mounazzaleh
How to prepare the Eggplants Mounazzaleh.
Learn this traditional Eggplants and chick peas dish from the Arab cuisine, famous across the Levant and also known as Mousakka’a.
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Ingredients
• 5 tbsp olive oil
• 280 g onions chopped
• 6 garlic cloves
• 2 eggplants cubed about 600 g
• 300 g tomatoes chopped
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• salt and black pepper
• 250 ml water
• 400 g cooked chickpeas
Cooking Method
• Heat 4 tbsp of the oil and fry the onions and garlic until slightly brown.
• Add the eggplants and fry few minutes.
• Add the tomatoes, tomato puree, salt, black pepper and water and cook for 15 min.
• Add the chickpeas and cook for a further 15 min, allowing most of the moisture to evaporate.
• When cooking is complete, stir in the remaining olive oil for extra flavor, then turn onto a serving dish and leave to cool.
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