Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, egyptian moussaka/messa'aa (vegan/vegetarian). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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).

Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have egyptian moussaka/messa'aa (vegan/vegetarian) using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Egyptian Moussaka/Messa'aa (Vegan/Vegetarian):

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

Instructions 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. If you are a pescetarian, Molokhia in Alexandria. New research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science and reported in Live Science has shed light on the ancient Egyptian diet. Now, I would eat the eggplants stuffed, fried, grilled, pickled and perhaps raw one day.

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