Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, moussaka. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Moussaka is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Moussaka is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have moussaka using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Moussaka:

1. Get large aubergine sliced
2. Make ready large potato thinly sliced
3. Take zucchini sliced
4. Get Olive oil
5. Prepare butter
6. Take flour
7. Prepare large onion chopped fine
8. Take garlic cloves chopped
9. Make ready th cup milk
10. Prepare nutmeg
11. Make ready cinnamon
12. Take Salt as per taste
13. Take pepper
14. Take chilli powder
15. Prepare shredded gouda cheese 100 gms shredded parmesan
16. Make ready beaten egg
17. Get minced lamb meat
18. Take large tomatoes chopped
19. Take oregano

While it takes a bit of time, it's actually quite simple to make. Moussaka (/ m uː ˈ s ɑː k ə /, / ˌ m uː s ə ˈ k ɑː / or / ˌ m uː s ɑː ˈ k ɑː /) is an eggplant- and/or potato-based dish, often including ground meat, which is common in the Balkans and the Middle East, with many local and regional variations. Although moussaka is a dish most associated with Greece, it is in fact well known in many other countries in the Middle East, each having its own version of this hearty and filling casserole. Classic moussaka is made by layering potatoes, eggplants, and a meaty lamb sauce, and then covering the dish in an egg-enriched béchamel sauce that. w.

Instructions to make Moussaka:

1. In a skillet pan fry potato, zucchini and aubergine until golden brown and set aside (you could deep fry)
2. Place butter in a deep bottom pan and melt on medium heat, add flour stirring constantly so no lumps are formed for about a minute or two
3. Turn heat to low and whisk in milk, continue to cook on medium heat until sauce thickens, turn heat off, now whisk 50 gms parmesan and 100 gms gouda cheese and incorporate until melted, then whisk in egg until nice and smooth, check for seasoning, add nutmeg and set aside
4. In skillet add 1tbsp oil, add lamb and cook until brown, now add onions, garlic and continue to cook till onions are translucent appropriately 8 minutes, add chilli powder, cinnamon, pepper, oregano and 1/2tsp salt and mix well
5. Add tomatoes, mix and let it all cook until tomatoes have disintegrated, once cooked set aside
6. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius
7. In a baking dish, layer potato at the bottom of the dish, top with cooked lamb, then layer aubergine, top with lamb layer, now arrange zucchini and top with lamb
8. Pour white sauce on top of lamb, sprinkle remaining cheese and bake for 50 minutes.
9. Cool and serve with a side of salad or garlic bread. Leftover (not likely to have any) can be refrigerated stored for 4 days in air tight container

The epitome of Greek comfort food, moussaka is basically a hearty eggplant casserole with a juicy, flavor-packed meat sauce. Topping the meat is either a rich bechamel sauce- a French influence that was introduced later-or, as in today's Moussaka recipe, a cheese-based topping. Greek Moussaka recipe - A delicious taste of Greece. Greek moussaka (mousaka) is one of the most popular dishes in Greece, served in almost every tavern and prepared in every household on special occasions and big family meals and for good reason! Scatter the breadcrumbs over the bottom of the pan.

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