Zaalouk - Moroccan Eggplant Salad

[zay712]

Ive never liked eggplant, but after trying this i completly changed my mind!! it was DELICIOUS!!!

I love you reciepes aliah!! keep up the good work!

Shokran!

[Poemsapennyeach]

Nice...

[TheLilladybug]

I baked mine so no mashing was required and added seasonings to taste (not exactly). I like it and will definately be doing it again.

[sihamromantique]

ahssan tari9a bach t9adi zaalouk hiya techwih 3ad theydi l9echra blama traslih, le gout dyal grill kate3tih wahad lbena zwina,, jarbih ou redi 3lia :)

[elfilalysamira]

great!

Alia, i see you used a big eggplant! are the small ones bitter? could you please tell the difference or the size has no effect on the taste!

[achraf112ben]

@elfilalysamira the size of the eggplant is not important the important is to use 1 pound of eggplant or 1/2 Kg

[shangaize]

hi i know parsely but i dont understan the other vegetable

[SoSoniLove]

I love this technique

[fanette48]

Alia... tu nous gate la !!! c'est delicieux. - Fanny

[remilyne2011]

I keep on watching you,coz i wanted to know how to cook and to,learn moroccan cuisine .....

[doclahoud]

Thank you for this recipe Alia. Although it´s true that you can cook the eggplant in oil instead, I find your boiling approach a more healthy choice and still delicious as well. Thank you very much.

[morocco566]

thank you from labrador canada.

[zountou05]

boiling the eggplant is wrong

[zouhairuk]

Alia is doing great job, funny how some people dispute her recipes, Moroccan food can be prepared in many way the most important is the end result ,Alia managed to make it easy and simple for all of us. For the people who criticize her methods, why don't they show us what they can do by posting a video? Wriouna Hnt ye dikoum.

[apolo444]

تبارك الله عليك lalla Alia,

It's simple and easy.

chokram bzaaf:)

[26150375]

We can eat this with roti and chapati right??

[Mocana111]

easy and delicious

[londonbaby01]

this is not even near how they make this salad in morocco. the aubergine needs to be baked (it was actually grilled whole on charcoal) same thing with the tomatoes, then u peel the skin and puree them together-add seasoning-eat warm. that way u dont have to unnecessarily "kill" the aubergine by boiling it then trying to get rid of the excess water+most of its flavour and surely no need for vinegar when u can use lemon....

[yvell]

I like the music.

[PlanetVerdia]

I absolutely love the way Moroccan cuisine uses fresh green herbs in almost every recipe! That's is such a big plus, when it comes to health and watching your diet! And then olive oil and vegetables, and spices!!! AAhhhh... This is what food is supposed to be all about! :)

[RachidCastor]

Thank you so much sister Alia, my wife she loves it, YUMMY

[tissam77]

i ve missed moroccan food for longtime, now with ur help Mrs Alia i will start cooking for my sister and my brother in law as i used to do back home today i ve cooked fish bastila last week chicken batsila and all that from ur recipies on youtube thank u very much

[PaulaLadner]

Hi Alia, this week I prepared this recipe. Very practical and delicious. Thank you for sharing it. Paula

[cookingwithalia]

glad you enjoyed it :-)

[yvell]

@cookingwithalia I like the plates too!

[Wedington317]

I tried making it the way nadiasultan17 did, IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOD!! =)

[nadiasultan17]

I'm glad you liked it:):)

[nadiasultan17]

Alia, I suggest that you steam the egg plant to keep its flavor and vitamins and instead of using vinegar, use lemon juice. Also u can add 1 shopped bell pepper first in the pan till it becomes little tender then add the other ingredients. It tastes really good.

[cookingwithalia]

great suggestion! thanks!

[Shepherdess501]

You could use cider vinegar aswell as lemon juice. Its got a slightly sweet flavour, I love it! :)

[Wedington317]

Thanks for your suggestion!!! It was so yummmmy!

[bujjisari]

This is just like Indian Baingan Bhartha. The only difference is that we smear some oil on the whole eggplant and bake it. Later we remove the skin which easily comes out...and mash the remaining eggplant. The remaining procedure is similar except that we add some mustard seeds and fennel seeds and curry leaves to the oil and then add garlic and chopped onion...once they are done..we add tomatoes eggplant and remaining spices and top it with lemon instead of vinegar. its great with Naan bread :)

[Moroccan4lifeone]

better technique: cook the tomatoes by themselves for about 15 mns with skin on until well done then add eggplant it will taste better.

[wormsquish]

Wow, thank you so much Alia!

[LeHuyAnh]

In Vietnamese salads, we also "half-peel" cucumbers and papaya like that. :D

[Sadeqswife]

I just wanted to stop by and say Thank you I made this dish today. My husband loved it and very easy. Thank you. :)

[ikbal2010]

Thanks alot Alia for your help ad teaching us how to cook morrocan food I realy enjoy all the food that I tried so far Merci beaucoup

[TWENTIETHCENTURYBABY]

It turned out well last time so I've been told to make it again :-(

[kokonutbaby1]

do u eat this with a flat bread like u would hummus? or a pita? it looks delicious, thank you!

[romaysae09]

zaalouk you add lemon not vinger and thank you dough

[cookingwithalia]

Actually you could do both. Some recipes use lemon juice, and others vinegar. the goal is to add some 'acid base' to the dish to give it that kick.

cheers :-)

[habiba0389]

j adore le zaalouk

[cookingwithalia]

moi aussi!!!!

[soxz3322]

This is another healthy and delicious dish. Thank you. I am not good at making zaalouk. I will try your recipe, or will call my mom and get hers :)

[TWENTIETHCENTURYBABY]

I love zaalouk, today is my first attempt at making this. Hubby usually makes it, but I'm going to try today.

[jimouf]

Hi Alia

very interesting cook, I like it , but I have some adds, if you permit , instead of boiling eggplant in water....you can bake it on grill or on heated stove ..then peeling it ..easily ..then continuing your zaalouk procedure...try it...

thank you

[MoroccanSword]

I think Alia is trying the make the original moroccan cuisine, you can change the recipe if you like, but Alia is just showing the old moroccan why of making this ancestral dish.

[khalid93o]

cool makes me hungry alia alah yhafdak good stuff

[cookingwithalia]

I am glad you like the recipe! did you get the loubia?

cheers :-)

[zaalouk]

Can you use lemon juice instead of vinegar?

Can you put on a recipe for bessara?

[cookingwithalia]

yes! some recipes use lemon juice and others vinegar, depending on your taste.

I'll put the bessara in my to-do list, good choice!

cheers :-)

[zaalouk]

Thanx for your quick reply! Looking forward to more of your delicious recipes...are you originally from Marrakesh?

[cookingwithalia]

you're most welcome! I am not from Marrakesh but love it there. I am from Rabat :-)

[zaalouk]

Been a few times to Marrakech and indeed a magic, crazy and beautiful city!

Might try the loubia recipe today...great winterdish; delicious AND nutricious! Bslama!

[sencha22]

I love your recipes, especially the vegetarian ones. The music is also wonderful! Thanks so much for your videos.

[cookingwithalia]

yeah, there are some great vegetarian Moroccan dishes. I am vegetarian myself (but dont mind showing viewers how to cook Moroccan recipes with meat). zaalouk is one of my favorite dishes and the loubia as well (the latest video). gald you enjoy them!!

[xXBabyMLXx]

Your nails are pretty and shiny..

[cookingwithalia]

thank you!!! :-)

[royalxsweetie]

looks great! :) every country has a variation of this

[fyshy1]

Yum!

[kirbybl]

Thanks, Alia, for another delicious recipe!

[petitoiseau74]

Thank you very much Alia, I didn't know that there was tomato in zaalouk. I'm going to try this recipe.

[cookingwithalia]

You can find many zaalouk recipes without tomatoes, but they are not as good as the ones with tomatoes!I make this recipe every other week and keep it in a container for snacking. it's delicious and healthy snacking!!!

cheers :-)

[youssefdoukkala]

Thanks for the recipe. I'm eating boiled eggplant and I was looking for eggplant recipe in google before I open this clip !

[mahmus]

Thank you for The best recipe

[recoil53]

This really shows the French influence.

I think I will try to make this into a soup. It should go well with lentils.

[cookingwithalia]

I am not really sure how this would be in a soup. it's more like a 'puree' or a dip. Let me how you're planning to make the soup and how it comes out!!! cheers!

[recoil53]

I will probably add chicken stock or vegetable broth at the end of cooking. I won't make it too liquid. Perhaps use some tomato juice instead.

I'll also probably bloom the spices in oil before adding the tomato and eggplant. I feel it adds a deeper taste.

[recoil53]

Maybe add day old french bread or homemade croutons too. That would keep it with the original flavor profile, rather than adding lentils or chickpeas.

[youssefdoukkala]

You have to read more about moroccan cuisine before saying this totaly wrong idea.

French influence??? are you kidding?

[recoil53]

So France has had no influence in Moroccan cooking? Even though Morocco was a French "protectorate"? At one point the eastern Mediterranian was under the control of the British and French.

This dip is not so very far off from some versions of a ratatouille. Add some onion and summer squash and it is a very conventional ratatouille.

So I say influence, though the spicing is not definitely not French. But spicing is only part of the recipe.

[recoil53]

Sure a large part of sourthern Europe is influenced by the arabs. I know that. But that isn't so relevant to what I see in this recipe. Eggplant from the east (China). Tomatoes from the New World (Europeans after the arabs). The combination through France.

Influences are always left behind - that is a fact. That hardly prevents other influences from existing.

As for history being strong - history just is.

[alihatim]

this dish makes great appetizer, i'm going to give a try accept for the eggplant i will grill it and scrape the skin off and use some lemon juice and zest. i wonder if you have a good merguez recipe that you good share with us ? thank you, keep up the good work. have a wonderful day.

[cookingwithalia]

This would be delicious! Actually, in Morocco there is another way of making this dish exactly how you described it: grilling the eggplant instead of boiling it, and using lemon juice instead of vinegar. Enjoy!!!

[pakilurve]

cool thnx for posting these exotic dishes

[cookingwithalia]

You're most welcome, I hope you enjoy them! cheers!