Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, egyptian moussaka/messa'aa (vegan/vegetarian). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

For those of you that don't know, moussaka is a layered dish mainly composed of egglpant aubergine, tomato sauce, and minced meat. Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian) step by step. 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).

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. 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):

1. Get Garlic Cloves Crushed
2. Prepare Tomatoes Sliced
3. Get Crushed Tomatoes
4. Get Passata
5. Prepare Chickpeas
6. Take Spices
7. Make ready 7 Spices
8. Get Salt
9. Take Pepper
10. Make ready Hot Chili Powder
11. Get Ground Cumin
12. Take Quite a lot of Olive Oil
13. Prepare Produce
14. Prepare Eggplants Thickly Sliced
15. Make ready Onion Sliced
16. Prepare Onion Chopped

Evenly place sliced eggplant on baking sheet. 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.

Steps to make Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian):

1. 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.
2. Bake for 10-15mins on each side
3. While the Eggplant is baking, prepare the sauce.
4. 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
5. 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.
6. Place back in oven and bake for 40mins or so (you may want to cover the dish in foil for the first 20mins).
7. I forgot to take a pic after pulling it out of the oven. Just wanted to eat 😂

Thus, please ask for the vegetarian option. In Egypt Coptic Christians make (vegan) vegetarian Mulukhia during the fasting season. Each country prepares their moussaka in a different way! For example, in Egypt The dish is layers of fried eggplant, tomato sauce and ground beef. Different households prepare the mesa'aa in different ways.

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